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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 “Perforator Loader”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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