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Dredge Operators

$47.09K Median Salary 300 Job Openings (Annual Projection) 5% Job Growth

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About This Career

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

Reported Job Titles

Dredge Operator, Dredger

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Control Precision

Multilimb Coordination

Depth Perception

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Manual Dexterity

Reaction Time

Far Vision

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Finger Dexterity

Hearing Sensitivity

Selective Attention

Auditory Attention

Information Ordering

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Knowledge

Mechanical

English Language

Public Safety and Security

Administration and Management

Skills

Operation and Control

Operations Monitoring

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Industrial control software

Mobile location based services software

Internet browser software

Map creation software

Tools

Dredgers

Two way radios

Density measurement instrument

Sonars

Dump trucks

Fire extinguishers

Grease guns

Cargo trucks

Ratchets

Speed sensors

Life rings

Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories

Blow torch

Track bulldozers

Rescue ships or boats

Fire hoses or nozzles

Socket sets

Particle size measuring apparatus

Draglines

Weeders

Life vests or preservers

Conventional truck cranes

Chain saw

Water samplers

Light trucks or sport utility vehicles

Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus

Winches

Anchor rollers

Front end loaders

Pneumatic impact wrenches

Vacuum gauges

Abilities

Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Knowledge

Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Skills

Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Mobile location based services software: Global positioning system GPS software
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Map creation software: ESRI Site Scan for ArcGIS; OpenDroneMap

Tools

Dredgers: Dredges
Two way radios:
Density measurement instrument: Density meters
Sonars: Underwater sonar equipment
Dump trucks: Rock trucks
Fire extinguishers:
Grease guns:
Cargo trucks: Logging trucks
Ratchets: Ratchet sets
Speed sensors: Wire feed rate measurement instruments
Life rings: Life buoys
Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories: Crusher excavator buckets; Earthmover standard buckets; Rock buckets; Trencher excavator attachments
Blow torch: Underwater blow torches
Track bulldozers: Wide track bulldozers
Rescue ships or boats: Rescue boats
Fire hoses or nozzles: Fire hoses
Socket sets: Socket wrench sets
Particle size measuring apparatus: Differential mobility analyzers; Soil particle size testers
Draglines: Crawler mounted draglines; Rock draglines; Walking draglines
Weeders: Weedeaters
Life vests or preservers: Life jackets
Conventional truck cranes: Forwarder cranes
Chain saw: Underwater chainsaws
Water samplers: Mechanical sampling buckets; Sample jars
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles: Utility trucks
Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus: Brazing torches
Winches: Hand winches
Anchor rollers: Electric windlasses; Hand capstans; Hydraulic capstans; Hydraulic windlasses
Front end loaders: Wheeled front end loaders
Pneumatic impact wrenches: Impact air wrenches; Pneumatic ratchets; Pneumatic wrenches
Vacuum gauges: Vacuum testers

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