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Your work should follow you — not your last boss's memory.

From deckhand to licensed mariner, your credibility has always been trapped in someone else's head. DredgeCred gives you a transaction-anchored rating history, a verifiable credential ledger, and a résumé employers can pull on the day they need you.

  • Ratings travel with you across employers — they do not reset

  • Six-dimension feedback: skill, work ethic, safety, communication, professionalism, integrity

  • Certifications, TWIC, MMC, Z-Card, and training hours verified and always current

  • Free for individuals — Verified Crew and Pro Crew unlock badges, endorsements, and AI coaching on your DC Score

Pick your exact role

The hub groups 3 specific user categories. Each one has its own profile fields, rating dimensions, and fee model.

Deckhand, Laborer & Entry-Level Crew

Deckhands, laborers, riggers, and entry-level operators.

Equipment Operator & Skilled Trade

Licensed equipment operators and skilled tradespeople.

Leverman, Dredge Operator & Licensed Mariner

Licensed mariners, levermen, and senior dredge operators.

How DredgeCred saves your category money

Industry-typical intermediary fees vs the DredgeCred rate, with worked annual examples.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Deckhand, Laborer & Entry-Level Crew

Industry standard

Placement-agency fees on hires

15% of first-year compensation to 25% of first-year compensation

What you get: One-time placement to the employer. For the crew member: zero. No portable rating, no credential ledger.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

$2/month Crew tier

What you get: Verified profile, transaction-anchored ratings that travel with you between employers, COI and certification ledger, direct contact from hiring contractors.

Worked example

Deckhand earning $65K/year, placed once

Traditional

$10K–$16K agency fee — paid by the employer, reducing your leverage

DredgeCred

$24/yr for a Crew tier seat

You keep

Thousands in lost leverage recovered — employers pay less to hire you, you keep more of the salary offer.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Equipment Operator & Skilled Trade

Industry standard

Placement agencies specializing in skilled trades

$2,500 flat per placement to $5,000 flat per placement

What you get: Introduction and reference packaging. Reference quality erodes over time as your skills grow.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

$11/month Verified Crew tier

What you get: Live DC Score by dimension (technical skill, work ethic, safety, communication, professionalism, integrity), hardhat-sticker badges, verified certs, portable résumé export.

Worked example

Equipment operator changing jobs every 18 months

Traditional

$3K–$5K per placement (paid by employer, reducing offer)

DredgeCred

$132/yr

You keep

$2.5K+ per placement cycle — plus a rating history that improves each transition instead of resetting.

How DredgeCred saves you money

Leverman, Dredge Operator & Licensed Mariner

Industry standard

Executive-search-style placement for licensed mariners

$5,000 per placement to $15,000 per placement

What you get: High-touch intro, reference-packaging, relocation coordination. Cost scales with compensation, not effort.

DredgeCred

Direct, verified, rated.

$31/month Pro Crew tier

What you get: Resume export, AI coach for DC Score optimization, crew-board search priority, verified credentials ledger, full rating-dimension history exportable for employers.

Worked example

Leverman / dredge operator, $150K comp, placed every 2 years

Traditional

$10K+ per placement (again, paid-by-employer reduces offer)

DredgeCred

$372/yr for Pro Crew

You keep

$9K+ per placement cycle recovered, plus portable credibility — the next employer sees why you are worth a raise, not a reset.

Numbers are industry-typical ranges, not firm quotes. DredgeCred rates come directly from the platform fee schedule and are capped per transaction where noted.

What happens after you sign up

  1. 01

    Build your profile

    Business verification, COI upload, service regions, specialization tags. Takes ten minutes.

  2. 02

    Earn your DC Score

    Foundation inputs give you a starting score. Every completed transaction compounds it.

  3. 03

    Work inbound, not outbound

    Verified counterparties find you via region + DC Score filters. No pay-to-play ranking.

Every directory on DredgeCred ships with a live provider map and regional filter bar. Work is local; we make the shortlist local too.

Start building credibility today

No pay-to-play. No gamed reviews. Your DC Score reflects what you have actually done.

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