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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
1
O*NET-SOC Title
Explosives
Workers
, Ordnance Handling Experts, and
Blasters
57
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1
O*NET-SOC 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.
19
Tasks
Assemble and position equipment,
explosives
, and
blasting
caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with
explosives.
Compile and keep gun and
explosives
records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill
blast
holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Create and lay out designs for drill and
blast
patterns.
Document geological formations encountered during
work.
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.
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.
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.
Measure depths of drilled
blast
holes, using weighted tape measures.
Move and store inventories of
explosives
, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically
exploding
devices.
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.
Repair and service
blasting
, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive
blast
information.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of
explosions.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of
blasts.
3
Detailed Work Activities
Measure
work
site dimensions.
Prepare
explosives
for detonation.
Remove debris or vegetation from
work
sites.
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