How do they match: Dredge Operators

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

  • 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.

  • Operate excavation equipment.