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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”

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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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