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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 “Ordnance Artificer”

Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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