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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”

Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.

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

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