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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 “Fuse Cutter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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