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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 “Shooter”

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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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