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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”

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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
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.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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