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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 Shooter”

Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using 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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
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.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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