Staff role
Dredge Operator
Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Dredge Operator; Dredger
Tasks
- Move levers to position dredges for excavation, to engage hydraulic pumps, to raise and lower suction booms, and to control rotation of cutterheads.
- 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.
- Pump water to clear machinery pipelines.
- Lower anchor poles to verify depths of excavations, using winches, or scan depth gauges to determine depths of excavations.
- Direct or assist workers placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional pipes from dredges to shore, and pumping water from pontoons.
Knowledge
- Mechanical
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Administration and Management
Skills
- Critical Thinking
Abilities
- Control Precision
- Multilimb Coordination
- Depth Perception
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Manual Dexterity
- Reaction Time
- Problem Sensitivity
- Near Vision
- Far Vision
- Selective Attention
- Finger Dexterity
- Hearing Sensitivity
- Information Ordering
- Auditory Attention
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
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