Dredge Operators - 53-7031.00

Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.

• Direct or assist workers placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional pipes from dredges to shore, and pumping water from pontoons.
• Lower anchor poles to verify depths of excavations, using winches, or scan depth gauges to determine depths of excavations.
• Move levers to position dredges for excavation, to engage hydraulic pumps, to raise and lower suction booms, and to control rotation of cutterheads.
• Pump water to clear machinery pipelines.
• Start and stop engines to operate equipment.
• Start power winches that draw in or let out cables to change positions of dredges, or pull in and let out cables manually.

• Control pumps or pumping equipment.
• Direct material handling or moving activities.
• Measure work site dimensions.
• Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
• Operate excavation equipment.

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