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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 “Dynamite Shooter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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