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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 Technician”

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

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

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