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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”

Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
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.
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.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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