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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”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical 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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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