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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”

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.
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.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
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.
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.
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.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
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.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.

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Short-wave radios
Non-electric delay detonators
Hand chisels
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Lowering hooks
Safety fuses
Long period delay detonators
Balance scales
Fuse testers
Short period delay detonators
Forklifts
Jackhammers
Fuse cutters
Test lamps
Hoisting equipment
Transport trucks
Remote blasting systems
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Non-contact voltage testers
Wood wedges
Surveyors leveling rods
Extension ladders
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Hard hats
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Personal computers
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Portable cranes
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Precision tweezers
Resistance testers
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Millivoltmeters
Stake flags
Fixed blade knives
Digital multimeters
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Discharge hoses
Portable air compressors
Clinometers
Tractor-trailer trucks
Explosives handling robots
Tamping rods
Vernier calipers
Overhead cranes
Electronic shock tube initiators
Safety cones
Day boxes
Laser rangefinders
Equipment dollies
Weighted tape measures
Crescent wrenches
Galvanometers
Dewatering pumps
Instantaneous electrical detonators
Phillips head screwdrivers
Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
Protective ear plugs
Explosive blasting caps
Perforating casing guns
Plumb bobs
Shock tube detonators
Temperature data loggers
Spring scales
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Folding knives
Detonating cords
Portable signal generators
Warning sirens
Tie-down equipment
Wire cutting tools
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Digital wattmeters
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Seismic activity recorders
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