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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”

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.
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.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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 gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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