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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 “Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Officer”

Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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