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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 “Efficiency Miner, Blasting”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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