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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 “Ore Miner, Blasting”

Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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