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Job Description

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Includes seismograph shooters.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,580.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
Currently, there are 6,310 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters”.

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Tasks for “Copper Miner, Blasting”

Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Light fuses, drop detonating devices into wells or boreholes, or activate firing devices with plungers, dials, or buttons, in order to set off single or multiple blasts.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Place explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.

Related Technology & Tools

Protective safety glasses
Safety cones
Coated gloves
Tractor-trailer trucks
Digital wattmeters
Seismic activity recorders
Millivoltmeters
Avalaunchers
Remote firing devices
Perforating casing guns
Padded gloves
Warning sirens
Safety harnesses
Laser rangefinders
Wheeled wire dispensers
Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
Electronic shock tube initiators
Fuse testers
Tamping rods
Weighted tape measures
Digital voltmeters
Forklifts
Blast hole tubing
Lowering hooks
Blasthole drills
Transport trucks
Fixed blade knives
Tongue and groove pliers
Flashing warning lights
Explosives time delay fuses
Phillips head screwdrivers
Explosive blasting caps
Phase rotation meters
End cutting pliers
Long period delay detonators
Meggers
Galvanometers
Electrical circuit testers
Jackhammers
Plumb bobs
Wire loop pullers
Digital multimeters
Blasting machines
Vernier calipers
Depth measurement gauges
Fuse cutters
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Hole savers
Perforating capsule guns
Loading poles
Torpedo levels
Dewatering pumps
Wire strippers
Balance scales
Ring gauges
Pallet jacks
Conduit bending tools
Digital calculators
Harpoon retrievers
Grappling hooks
Temperature data loggers
Bore hole thermometers
Stake flags
Insulated pliers
Right angle prisms
Folding knives
Non-electric delay detonators
Portable air compressors
Portable cranes
Shock tube detonators
Wire cleaning brushes
Hacksaws
Protective ear plugs
Hand chisels
Pneumatic drilling equipment
Digital ohmmeters
Laptop computers
Plastic plugs
Hoisting equipment
Extension ladders
Longnose pliers
Mobile radios
Short period delay detonators
Electricians' knives
Hard hats
Stakebed trucks
Wood wedges
Portable signal generators
Test lamps
Resistance testers
Explosives handling robots
Remote blasting systems
Crescent wrenches
Day boxes
Rubber mallets
Overhead cranes
Discharge hoses
Safety goggles
Personal computers
Hand shears
Non-contact voltage testers
Tie-down equipment
Explosives funnels
Detonating cords
Precision tweezers
Safety fuses
Surveyors leveling rods
Equipment dollies
Digital micrometers
Surface connector blocks
Instantaneous electrical detonators
Clinometers
Digital ammeters
Wire cutting tools
Spring scales
Short-wave radios
Blasting cap crimpers
Protective respirators

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