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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 “Lead Miner, Blasting”

Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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