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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 “Torpedo Shooter”

Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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