Will “Road Oiling Truck Driver” 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 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 Superintendent
• Asphalt Paving Machine Operator
• Asphalt Paving Foreman
• Asphalt Paver
• Asphalt Distributor Tender
• Asphalt Distributor Operator

Tasks for “Road Oiling Truck Driver”

• Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
• 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.
• Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete or water mixes.
• Control traffic.
• Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.
• Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.
• Coordinate truck dumping.
• Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
• Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
• Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
• Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.
• Shovel blacktop.
• Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.
• Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
• Set up and tear down equipment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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