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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 Hole Shooter”

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

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