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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 “Seismograph Shooter”

Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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 short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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