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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”

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

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