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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 Handler”

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.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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