• Dredge Operators
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  • Dredge Operators use equipment to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to remove excess items and maintain navigable channels in waterways.

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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