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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 “Velocity Shooter”

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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
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.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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 electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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