Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.
- Tasks
- 20 tasks14 core, 6 supplemental
- Family
- Construction & ExtractionOne of its 65 occupations
- Code
- 47-2071.00SOC 2018: 47-2071
What the work is made of
14 core tasks and 6 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.Core taskTask 4796Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 2. Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.Core taskTask 4809Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 3. Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.Core taskTask 4807Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 4. Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.Core taskTask 4805Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 5. Coordinate truck dumping.Core taskTask 4800Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 6. Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.Core taskTask 4804Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 7. Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.Core taskTask 4797Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 8. Set up and tear down equipment.Core taskTask 4801Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 9. Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.Core taskTask 4798Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 10. Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates.Core taskTask 4806Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 11. Control traffic.Core taskTask 20143Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 12. Shovel blacktop.Core taskTask 4803Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 13. Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.Core taskTask 4802Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 14. Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.Core taskTask 4799Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 15. Place strips of material, such as cork, asphalt, or steel into joints, or place rolls of expansion-joint material on machines that automatically insert material.Supplemental taskTask 4814Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 16. Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.Supplemental taskTask 4810Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 17. Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.Supplemental taskTask 4813Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 18. Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.Supplemental taskTask 4811Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 19. Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.Supplemental taskTask 4812Rated by 43 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 20. Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete or water mixes.Supplemental taskTask 4808Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 47-2071
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- Changed by usNothing.
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