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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”

Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
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, 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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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