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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 Shooter”

Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
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.
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.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.

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

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