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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 “Miner”

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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical 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.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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