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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 Worker”

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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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