Will “Black Top Paver Operator” 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 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 Superintendent
• Asphalt Paving Machine Operator
• Asphalt Paving Foreman
• Asphalt Paver
• Asphalt Distributor Tender
• Asphalt Distributor Operator

Tasks for “Black Top Paver Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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