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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”

Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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