Will “Dredge Worker” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
92% Chance of Automation
“Dredge Worker” will probably be replaced by robots.
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Job Description
Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials in order to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-7031.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,530.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 1,760 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Dredge Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Dredge Operators
- Dredger
- Dredge Operator
- Operating Engineer
- Leverman
- Dredgemaster
- Dredge Mate
- Dredge Lever Operator
- Dredge Hand
- Dredge Engineer
- Dredge Deckhand
- Dredge Captain
- Dredge Boat Engineer
- Crane Operator
Tasks for “Dredge Worker”
- Start power winches that draw in or let out cables to change positions of dredges, or pull in and let out cables manually.
- Direct or assist workers placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional pipes from dredges to shore, and pumping water from pontoons.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rescue boats
- Crawler dozers
- Life jackets
- Vacuum gauges
- Mobile radios
- Self-propelled dredges
- Ratchet sets
- Dragline cranes
- Heavy duty dump trucks
- Multipurpose fire extinguishers
- Anchor winches
- Fathometer sonar equipment
- Chainsaws
- Weed harvesters
- Hydraulic suction dredges
- Grease dispensing guns
- Pickup trucks
- Power winches
- Clamshell buckets
- Soil particle size testers
- Oxyacetylene welding equipment
- Front end loaders
- Mechanical dredges
- Pneumatic impact wrenches
- Density meters
- Firefighting hoses
- Water quality samplers
- Socket wrench sets
- Davit cranes
- Tractor-trailer trucks
- Rescue rings
- Cutting torches
- Velocity meters
- Web browser software
- Data entry software
- Programmable logic controller PLC software
- Teledyne Odom Hydrographic ODOM eChart
- Global positioning system GPS software
- HYPACK DREDGEPACK
- Trimble HYDROpro