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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 Manager”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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