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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 “Hydraulic Miner, Blasting”

Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of 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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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