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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”

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

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