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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 “Velocity Shooter”

Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
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.
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.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
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.
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.
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.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
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.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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