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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 “Tier and Detonator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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