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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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