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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 “High Scaler”

Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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