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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”

Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Excel