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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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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