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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 “Zinc Miner, Blasting”

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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
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.
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.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
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.
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.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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

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Balance scales
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Non-electric delay detonators
Blasting cap crimpers
Ring gauges
Weighted tape measures
Personal computers
Phillips head screwdrivers
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Pneumatic drilling equipment
Blast hole tubing
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Lowering hooks
End cutting pliers
Detonating cords
Galvanometers
Hole savers
Remote firing devices
Equipment dollies
Loading poles
Day boxes
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Vernier calipers
Longnose pliers
Mobile radios
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Hard hats
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Tractor-trailer trucks
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Hacksaws
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Phase rotation meters
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Short-wave radios
Tie-down equipment
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Hand shears
Test lamps
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Pallet jacks
Wheeled wire dispensers
Non-contact voltage testers
Precision tweezers
Depth measurement gauges
Meggers
Transport trucks
Portable cranes
Digital calculators
Fixed blade knives
Blasting machines
Surface connector blocks
Hoisting equipment
Grappling hooks
Digital ammeters
Digital wattmeters
Safety goggles
Perforating capsule guns
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Digital micrometers
Portable signal generators
Insulated pliers
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Clinometers
Extension ladders
Seismic activity recorders
Hand chisels
Discharge hoses
Digital multimeters
Torpedo levels
Warning sirens
Tamping rods
Spring scales
Laser rangefinders
Rubber mallets
Wire loop pullers
Safety cones
Millivoltmeters
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Folding knives
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Overhead cranes
Protective safety glasses
Electrical circuit testers
Jackhammers
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Right angle prisms
Temperature data loggers
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Electricians' knives
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Wire cutting tools
Wire cleaning brushes
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Digital voltmeters
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