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“Blacktop-Paver Operator” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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”.

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Tasks for “Blacktop-Paver Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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