LOCK AND DAM OPERATOR

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Job Description

Duties

Exercises primary authority over use of lock through issuance of instructions to tow boat captains and other craft operators, setting of precedence of entry, and through maintaining proper procedural operation.

Serves alone or as responsible lead for making lockage's.

Handles bow or stern lines, walks lines to proper locations along wall and snubs lines to assist pilot in maneuvering craft into position.

Operates electrical, electronic, and/or hydraulic gate controls to open and/or close gates at one end of lock chamber.

Performs continuing and/or special operational or functional checks on machinery to avoid untimely or dangerous equipment breakdown, and identify, when possible, development of unsafe situations.

Operates electrically, electronically, and/or hydraulically controlled valves controlling flow of water for emptying and filling operations.

Operates controls necessary to provide for by-pass of defective circuits controlling lock operation.