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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 “Demolitionist”

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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
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.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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