Will “Asphalt Paving Superintendent” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways, or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2071.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,800.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
• Currently, there are 51,880 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators”.

Also Known As…

• Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
• Truck Driver
• Screed Operator
• Roller Operator
• Paver Operator
• Operator
• Maintenance Equipment Operator (MEO)
• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Equipment Operator (EO)
• Asphalt Raker
• Asphalt Paver Operator
• Traveling Plant Operator
• Transportation Maintenance Worker
• Tamping Machine Operator
• Strike Off Machine Operator
• Stone Spreader Operator
• Steam Roller Operator
• Self-Propelled Hot-Mix Roller Operator
• Roller Machine Operator
• Roadway Technician
• Road Roller Operator
• Road Packer Operator
• Road Oiling Truck Driver
• Road Mixer Operator
• Road Grader
• Reinforcing Steel Machine Operator
• Paving Machine Operator
• Paving Foreman
• Mud Jack Operator
• Mechanical Spreader Operator
• Loader Operator
• Laydown Machine Operator
• Laborer
• Joint Machine Operator
• Joint Cleaning and Grooving Machine Operator
• Highway Maintenance Worker
• Heater-Planer Operator
• Grade Foreman
• Form Tamper Operator
• Form Tamper
• Form Grader
• Excavation Laborer
• Curb Machine Operator
• Crew Team Member
• Concrete Paving Machine Operator
• Concrete Finishing Machine Operator
• Concrete Finisher
• Concrete and Asphalt Equipment Crew Member
• Blacktop-Paver Operator
• Black Top Spreader Machine Operator
• Black Top Roller
• Black Top Paver Operator
• Black Top Machine Operator
• Bituminous Paving Machine Operator
• Asphalt Tamping Machine Operator
• Asphalt Surface Heater Operator
• Asphalt Spreader Operator
• Asphalt Screed Operator
• Asphalt Roller Person
• Asphalt Roller Operator
• Asphalt Paving Machine Operator
• Asphalt Paving Foreman
• Asphalt Paver
• Asphalt Distributor Tender
• Asphalt Distributor Operator

Tasks for “Asphalt Paving Superintendent”

• Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.
• Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
• Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
• Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.
• Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates.
• Coordinate truck dumping.
• Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.
• 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.
• Control traffic.
• Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
• Set up and tear down equipment.
• Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
• Shovel blacktop.
• Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.
• Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.
• Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete or water mixes.
• Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.
• Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
• Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.
• Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.

Related Technology & Tools

• Personal computers
• Surveying tapes
• Transit levels
• Self-contained breathing apparatus
• Oil distributors
• Concrete paving machines
• Dump trucks
• Locking pliers
• Chip spreaders
• Jackhammers
• Manual rollers
• Asphalt distributor trucks
• Asphalt mixing equipment
• Asphalt rakes
• Self-propelled material transfer devices
• Rubber-tired asphalt pavers
• Adjustable wrenches
• Paving finishing machines
• Desktop computers
• Automatic paving control systems
• Wheel loaders
• Cold planers
• Pneumatic paving breakers
• Straight screwdrivers
• Milling machines
• Profiling equipment
• Power extendable screeds
• Nut drivers
• Robotic paving machines
• Respirators
• Two way radios
• Vibrating concrete screeds
• Paving curbing machines
• Static rollers
• Liquid asphalt storage equipment
• Rubber-track asphalt pavers
• Hot mix material transfer devices
• Concrete saws
• Asphalt heating equipment
• Claw hammers
• Pavement marking machines
• Windrow pickup machines
• Pneumatic rollers
• Road heater-planers
• Slip form machines
• Motor graders
• Vibratory rollers
• Cold in-place recyclers
• Rolling machines
• Tamping machines
• Asphalt paving machines
• String lines
• Laser levels
• Flatbed truck trailers
• Straightedges
• Snowplows
• Skid steer loaders
• Compactors

• Spreadsheet software
• Email software
• HCSS HeavyBid
• Database software
• Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Time report software
• Word processing software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office