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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 “Shooter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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