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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”

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 explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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