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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 Worker”

Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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