Job Description:

• 1) Operates mobile boat hoist to lift and lower yachts and cruisers in and out of water, and to move boats to designated work or storage areas: Starts hoist engine and pushes and pulls levers to move and maneuver four-wheeled boat hoist to straddle boats for moving.

• 2) Passes sling ends under straddled boat hull, shackles sling ends to winch span, and moves levers to operate power-winch to raise boat clear of support blocks or skids.

• 3) Drives hoist to move suspended boat to designated location or to hoisting dock to lower boat into water.

• 4) Operates winch to lower boat to point just above ground surface.

• 5) Places keel blocks under keel and lowers boat onto keel blocks.

• 6) Slides and positions hull support blocks and frames against boat bottom for vertical support.

• 7) Loosens and pulls slings from underneath boat.

• 8) Drives hoist to dock and lowers boat until slings are slack and signals boat operator to back boat out to clear slings and dock.

• 9) Operates winch to raise slings out of water or leaves slings in water to pick up another boat.

• 10) Operates truck to tow empty skids around display or shop areas.

• 11) Jacks up skids and cradled boats and places dollies under skids to facilitate moving boats in display area.

• 12) Mounts propellers on shafts to prepare new boats for launching.

• 13) Operates boats to maneuver boats in and out of slips.

• 14) Performs related boat handling duties.