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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 “Gun Perforator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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