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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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