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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”

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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.

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