Job Description:

• 1) Assists BOAT LOADER I to pump liquid cargo, such as petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, sulfuric acid, and alum liquor, from and into barges and tankers: Catches mooring hawsers and ties them around dock posts to secure vessels.

• 2) Couples hoses to valves on ship's tanks and turns handwheels to open or close valves.

• 3) Removes lines from vessels and casts off hawsers.

• 4) Drains loading hoses and places them on dollies.

• 5) Cleans oil and waste materials from dock, using squeegees, broom, and rags.

• 6) May be designated according to vessels loaded as Barge-Loader Helper.