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Jobs / Transportation and material moving / 53-7031.00

Dredge Operators

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

US jobs
1,040
Median wage
$49,640 a year
Job family
Transportation and material moving

Can agents do the work of dredge operators?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Transportation and material moving: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 46%Operate construction or excavation equipmentNot measured
  • 24%Operate pumping systems or equipmentNot measured
  • 13%Assess characteristics of land or propertyNot measured
  • 9%Operate lifting or moving equipmentNot measured
  • 7%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in transportation and material moving, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

  • Waymo Safety Impact data hubby WaymoTask level · Reduction in any-injury-reported crashes vs human benchmark
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Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Direct or assist workers placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional pipes from dredges to shore, and pumping water from pontoons.
Other job titles for this occupation (11)

Dredge Operator · Dredger · Dredge Boat Engineer · Dredge Deckhand · Dredge Engineer · Dredge Hand · Dredge Lever Operator · Dredge Mate · Dredge Worker · Dredgemaster · Hydraulic Leverman