Operate dredge to remove sand, gravel, or other materials from lakes, rivers, or streams; and to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways.

Other names for Dredge Operators: Crane Operator, Dredge Boat Engineer, Dredge Captain, Dredge Deckhand, Dredge Engineer, Dredge Hand, Dredge Lever Operator, Dredge Mate, Dredge Operator, Dredge Worker, Dredgemaster, Dredger, Leverman, Operating Engineer,

• Direct or assist workers placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional pipes from dredges to shore, and pumping water from pontoons.
• 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.
• Pump water to clear machinery pipelines.
• 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.