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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 “Explosives Detonator”

Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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