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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 Lighter”

Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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