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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 “Shot Fireman”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.

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

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