Dredge Operator: A description for the dredge operator job
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Dredge Operator – Dredge pumper Operates power-driven dredge to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways and to mine sand and gravel at bottom of lakes, rivers, and streams: Directs workers engaged in placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional lengths of pipes from dredge to shore, and in pumping water from pontoons. Starts and stops engines to operate equipment. Moves levers to place dredge in position for excavation, engage hydraulic pump, raise and lower suction boom, and control rotation of cutterhead. Lowers anchor pole to verify depth of excavation, using winch, or scans depth gauge to determine depth of excavation. Starts power winch that draws in or lets out cable to change position of dredge, or pulls in and lets out cable manually.
Job industry: construction industry mining industry
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