# 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. - Code: 47-2071.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 47-2071) - Family: [Construction & Extraction](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-47), one of its 65 occupations - Tasks: 20 tasks (14 core and 6 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/47-2071.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/47-2071.00.json ## What the work is made of 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 task · Task 4796 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 2. Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials. Core task · Task 4809 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 3. Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds. Core task · Task 4807 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 4. Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material. Core task · Task 4805 · Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020 5. Coordinate truck dumping. Core task · Task 4800 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 6. Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites. Core task · Task 4804 · Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020 7. Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors. Core task · Task 4797 · Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020 8. Set up and tear down equipment. Core task · Task 4801 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 9. Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds. Core task · Task 4798 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 10. Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates. Core task · Task 4806 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 11. Control traffic. Core task · Task 20143 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 12. Shovel blacktop. Core task · Task 4803 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 13. Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications. Core task · Task 4802 · Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020 14. Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows. Core task · Task 4799 · Rated by 45 people who do the job, August 2020 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 task · Task 4814 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 16. Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing. Supplemental task · Task 4810 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 17. Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement. Supplemental task · Task 4813 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 18. Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers. Supplemental task · Task 4811 · Rated by 44 people who do the job, August 2020 19. Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools. Supplemental task · Task 4812 · Rated by 43 people who do the job, August 2020 20. Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete or water mixes. 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