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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 Specialist”

Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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 equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
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.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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