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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”

Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
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 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.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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