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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”

Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
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.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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