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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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