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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 “Silver Miner, Blasting”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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