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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”

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

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