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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”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
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 powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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