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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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