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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 Worker”

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

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

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