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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”.
Also Known As…
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Officer
- Powderman
- Explosive Technician
- Blaster
- Zinc Miner, Blasting
- Well Shooter
- Well Blower
- Velocity Shooter
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker
- Tunnel Worker
- Tunnel Man
- Torpedo Worker
- Torpedo Shooter
- Torpedo Man
- Tier and Detonator
- Stump Shooter
- Stump Blower
- Skip Miner, Blasting
- Silver Miner, Blasting
- Shotblaster
- Shot Man
- Shot Lighter
- Shot Hole Shooter
- Shot Firer
- Shot Fireman
- Shooter
- Shale Miner, Blasting
- Shaft Sinker
- Seismograph Shooter
- Sample Taker Operator
- Robber
- Powder Worker
- Powder Loader
- Pillar Worker
- Pillar Man
- Perforator Operator
- Perforator Loader
- Perforator
- Ore Miner, Blasting
- Ordnance Keeper
- Ordnance Handler
- Ordnance Artificer
- Oil Well Shooter
- Oil Well Perforator Operator
- Oil Well Gun Perforator Operator
- Nitro Worker
- Nitro Man
- Muck Miner, Blasting
- Miner
- Mica Miner, Blasting
- Metal Miner, Blasting
- Lode Miner, Blasting
- Lead Miner, Blasting
- Iron Miner, Blasting
- Hydraulic Miner, Blasting
- High Scaler
- Hard Rock Miner, Blasting
- Gun Perforator Loader
- Gun Perforator
- Gold Miner, Blasting
- Fuse Cutter
- Firer
- Explosives Worker
- Explosives Handler
- Explosives Detonator
- Explosive Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Manager
- Explosive Ordnance Handler
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Manager
- Explosive Man
- Explosive Expert
- Efficiency Miner, Blasting
- Dynamiter
- Dynamite Shooter
- Driftman
- Dobie Worker
- Dobie Man
- Demolitionist
- Demolition Worker
- Demolition Expert
- Copper Miner, Blasting
- Company Miner, Blasting
- Coal Shooter
- Charger
- Bomb Technician
- Blasting Miner
- Blasting Gang Miner
- Blasting Entryman
- Blasting Entry Specialist
- Blasting Contract Miner
- Blasting Contract Man
- Blasting Coal Miner
- Blasting Clay Miner
- Blast Setter
- Ammunition and Explosives Handler
- Aircraft Ordnance Technician
Tasks for “Quartz Miner, Blasting”
- Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
- Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
- Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
- Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
- Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
- Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
- Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
- 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.
- Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
- Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
- Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
- Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
- 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.
- Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
- Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
- Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
- Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
- 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.
- Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
- Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
- Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
- 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.
- Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Related Technology & Tools
- Resistance testers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Remote blasting systems
- Digital voltmeters
- Torpedo levels
- Folding knives
- Perforating casing guns
- End cutting pliers
- Fuse testers
- Portable cranes
- Right angle prisms
- Wire cleaning brushes
- Meggers
- Digital ohmmeters
- Digital calculators
- Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
- Wire loop pullers
- Safety goggles
- Digital wattmeters
- Short-wave radios
- Blasthole drills
- Wire cutting tools
- Loading poles
- Safety cones
- Hole savers
- Tie-down equipment
- Discharge hoses
- Precision tweezers
- Tongue and groove pliers
- Hoisting equipment
- Hand shears
- Phase rotation meters
- Avalaunchers
- Non-contact voltage testers
- Digital micrometers
- Insulated pliers
- Protective respirators
- Safety fuses
- Tractor-trailer trucks
- Wire strippers
- Laser rangefinders
- Protective ear plugs
- Pneumatic drilling equipment
- Blasting machines
- Pallet jacks
- Wood wedges
- Fixed blade knives
- Jackhammers
- Digital multimeters
- Hydraulic pressure gauges
- Forklifts
- Tamping rods
- Crescent wrenches
- Electricians' knives
- Harpoon retrievers
- Vernier calipers
- Safety harnesses
- Plumb bobs
- Surface connector blocks
- Balance scales
- Clinometers
- Equipment dollies
- Seismic activity recorders
- Fuse cutters
- Warning sirens
- Blasting cap crimpers
- Hacksaws
- Hard hats
- Padded gloves
- Spring scales
- Protective safety glasses
- Portable signal generators
- Shock tube detonators
- Instantaneous electrical detonators
- Ring gauges
- Transport trucks
- Rubber mallets
- Electronic shock tube initiators
- Bore hole thermometers
- Day boxes
- Portable air compressors
- Flashing warning lights
- Perforating capsule guns
- Explosives funnels
- Temperature data loggers
- Remote firing devices
- Conduit bending tools
- Grappling hooks
- Stakebed trucks
- Explosives handling robots
- Personal computers
- Depth measurement gauges
- Longnose pliers
- Stake flags
- Electrical circuit testers
- Hand chisels
- Detonating cords
- Short period delay detonators
- Coated gloves
- Extension ladders
- Digital ammeters
- Lowering hooks
- Wheeled wire dispensers
- Long period delay detonators
- Millivoltmeters
- Test lamps
- Surveyors leveling rods
- Plastic plugs
- Explosives time delay fuses
- Non-electric delay detonators
- Dewatering pumps
- Blast hole tubing
- Galvanometers
- Mobile radios
- Laptop computers
- Overhead cranes
- Weighted tape measures
- Explosive blasting caps
- Microsoft Excel
- Blaster's Tool and Supply Company Blaster's Calculator
- Global Positioning System GPS software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Datavis DBS Designer
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- DetNet ViewShot
- Microsoft PowerPoint