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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”

Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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 gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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