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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 “Quartz Miner, Blasting”

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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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