E05 – Dredger Bible: Planning, Classification & Operations
A technical self-study course on the planning, control, and commercial management of dredging operations, adapted from Dutch-language Dredger Bible source chapters. It covers anchoring and survey, hydraulic dredge crane production, classification and insurance, care systems and personnel, project planning and cost estimating, and worked planning exercises.
£299.00
1 hour 57 minutes
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
9 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
Quiz count: 3 total
Knowledge checks and assessed activities.
36 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
A technical self-study course on the planning, control, and commercial management of dredging operations, adapted from Dutch-language Dredger Bible source chapters. It covers anchoring and survey, hydraulic dredge crane production, classification and insurance, care systems and personnel, project planning and cost estimating, and worked planning exercises.
What you will learn
Explain how anchoring arrangements, mooring wires, and survey controls support accurate dredging operations.
Estimate hydraulic dredge crane production using cycle-time, fill-factor, and workability inputs.
Differentiate classification, statutory certification, and the main insurance covers used in dredging.
Assess how care systems and personnel frameworks affect dredger readiness, compliance, and cost.
Build a structured dredging cost estimate from quantities, plant costs, mobilisation, risk, and overheads.
Apply planning and estimating methods to worked dredging exercises and interpret the results.
Skills and knowledge
Anchoring systems
Hydrographic survey
Production estimating
Dredger classification
Marine insurance
Cost estimating
Project planning
Worked exercises
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Anchoring and Wires
2.1 Working Position Control
2.2 Swing-Wire Arrangements
2.3 Wire Rope Selection
2.4 Wire Loading and Discard
2.5 Anchoring and Wires Quiz (quiz)
Survey and Quantity Control
3.1 Survey Purpose and Timing
3.2 Datums and Tide Reduction
3.3 Positioning Systems
3.4 Echo Sounding Practice
3.5 From Soundings to Volumes
Hydraulic Dredge Crane Production
4.1 Ground and Workability
4.2 Selecting the Plant
4.3 Cycle-Time Method
4.4 Backhoe Production Estimate
4.5 Other Dredger Production Logic
4.6 Production Estimating Quiz (quiz)
Classification and Insurance
5.1 Class and Statutory Control
5.2 Survey Cycle and Certificates
5.3 Insurance Covers in Dredging
5.4 Deductibles and Risk Pricing
Care Systems and Personnel
6.1 Care Systems in Practice
6.2 CAO and Crew Structure
6.3 Shift Patterns and Productivity
6.4 Systems and Personnel Quiz (quiz)
Planning and Cost Estimating
7.1 From Work Plan to Budget
7.2 Cost Structure of a Tender
7.3 Weekly Plant Cost Build-Up
7.4 Mobilisation, Risk, and Mark-Up
7.5 Cash Flow and Financing
7.6 Tender Build Assignment
Worked Planning Exercises
8.1 Reading the Sandy Case
8.2 Worked Production and Survey Problems
8.3 Worked Cost Estimating Problems
8.4 Final Planning Exercise
Summary
9.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00