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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 “Explosive Ordnance Disposal Manager”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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