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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”

Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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