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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 Specialist”

Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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