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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”

Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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 powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.

Related Technology & Tools

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