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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 Loader”

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.
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.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.

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

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