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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 “Stump Blower”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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