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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 Man”

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

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

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