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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”

Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using 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.
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.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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