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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 “Demolition Expert”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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