Dredge Operators use equipment to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to remove excess items and maintain navigable channels in waterways.
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- Dredge Operators
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What do they typically do
- 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
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+0.5%
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