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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 “Dobie Man”

Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
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.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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