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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”

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.
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 electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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