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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 “Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Officer”

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.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
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.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' 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.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
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.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
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.
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.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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