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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 “Oil Well Gun Perforator Operator”

Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.

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