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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”.
Also Known As…
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Officer
- Powderman
- Explosive Technician
- Blaster
- Well Shooter
- Well Blower
- Velocity Shooter
- Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker
- Tunnel Worker
- Tunnel Man
- Torpedo Worker
- Torpedo Shooter
- Torpedo Man
- Tier and Detonator
- Stump Shooter
- Stump Blower
- Skip Miner, Blasting
- Silver Miner, Blasting
- Shotblaster
- Shot Man
- Shot Lighter
- Shot Hole Shooter
- Shot Firer
- Shot Fireman
- Shooter
- Shale Miner, Blasting
- Shaft Sinker
- Seismograph Shooter
- Sample Taker Operator
- Robber
- Quartz Miner, Blasting
- Powder Worker
- Powder Loader
- Pillar Worker
- Pillar Man
- Perforator Operator
- Perforator Loader
- Perforator
- Ore Miner, Blasting
- Ordnance Keeper
- Ordnance Handler
- Ordnance Artificer
- Oil Well Shooter
- Oil Well Perforator Operator
- Oil Well Gun Perforator Operator
- Nitro Worker
- Nitro Man
- Muck Miner, Blasting
- Miner
- Mica Miner, Blasting
- Metal Miner, Blasting
- Lode Miner, Blasting
- Lead Miner, Blasting
- Iron Miner, Blasting
- Hydraulic Miner, Blasting
- High Scaler
- Hard Rock Miner, Blasting
- Gun Perforator Loader
- Gun Perforator
- Gold Miner, Blasting
- Fuse Cutter
- Firer
- Explosives Worker
- Explosives Handler
- Explosives Detonator
- Explosive Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Manager
- Explosive Ordnance Handler
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Manager
- Explosive Man
- Explosive Expert
- Efficiency Miner, Blasting
- Dynamiter
- Dynamite Shooter
- Driftman
- Dobie Worker
- Dobie Man
- Demolitionist
- Demolition Worker
- Demolition Expert
- Copper Miner, Blasting
- Company Miner, Blasting
- Coal Shooter
- Charger
- Bomb Technician
- Blasting Miner
- Blasting Gang Miner
- Blasting Entryman
- Blasting Entry Specialist
- Blasting Contract Miner
- Blasting Contract Man
- Blasting Coal Miner
- Blasting Clay Miner
- Blast Setter
- Ammunition and Explosives Handler
- Aircraft Ordnance Technician
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
- Stakebed trucks
- Digital ohmmeters
- Balance scales
- Safety fuses
- Harpoon retrievers
- Plumb bobs
- Flashing warning lights
- Explosive blasting caps
- Safety harnesses
- Non-electric delay detonators
- Blasting cap crimpers
- Ring gauges
- Weighted tape measures
- Personal computers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Stake flags
- Instantaneous electrical detonators
- Short period delay detonators
- Pneumatic drilling equipment
- Blast hole tubing
- Explosives time delay fuses
- Lowering hooks
- End cutting pliers
- Detonating cords
- Galvanometers
- Hole savers
- Remote firing devices
- Equipment dollies
- Loading poles
- Day boxes
- Long period delay detonators
- Protective respirators
- Vernier calipers
- Longnose pliers
- Mobile radios
- Tongue and groove pliers
- Hard hats
- Electronic shock tube initiators
- Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
- Padded gloves
- Tractor-trailer trucks
- Explosives funnels
- Fuse cutters
- Hacksaws
- Resistance testers
- Avalaunchers
- Shock tube detonators
- Laptop computers
- Phase rotation meters
- Wire strippers
- Protective ear plugs
- Short-wave radios
- Tie-down equipment
- Explosives handling robots
- Hand shears
- Test lamps
- Conduit bending tools
- 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
- Perforating casing guns
- 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
- Surveyors leveling rods
- Folding knives
- Bore hole thermometers
- Fuse testers
- Portable air compressors
- Overhead cranes
- Protective safety glasses
- Electrical circuit testers
- Jackhammers
- Forklifts
- Coated gloves
- Right angle prisms
- Temperature data loggers
- Dewatering pumps
- Electricians' knives
- Wood wedges
- Wire cutting tools
- Wire cleaning brushes
- Crescent wrenches
- Digital voltmeters
- Plastic plugs
- Blasthole drills
- Remote blasting systems
- Global Positioning System GPS software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Blaster's Tool and Supply Company Blaster's Calculator
- Datavis DBS Designer
- Microsoft Office
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- DetNet ViewShot
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel