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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 Firer”

Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
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.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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