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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”

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

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