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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 “Ordnance Artificer”

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.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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, 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.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
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.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
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.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
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.
Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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