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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 Keeper”

Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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