Dredge Operators

Also called: Dredge Operator, Dredger,

Career Cluster: Architecture & Construction
What they do:
Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.
On the job, you would:
  • 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.
KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
Engineering and Technology
  • mechanical
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • management
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Hand and Finger Use
  • hold or move items with your hands
  • keep your arm or hand steady
Controlled Movement
  • quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
  • use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Concern for Others
  • Leadership
  • Cooperation
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Self Control
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Mobile location based services software
  • Global positioning system GPS software
Industrial control software
  • HYPACK DREDGEPACK
  • Programmable logic controller PLC software
Data base user interface and query software
  • Teledyne Odom Hydrographic ODOM eChart
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $72,570.00
Median: $50,440.00
Low: $37,870.00
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