Will “Asphalt Spreader 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 Paver Operator
• Black Top Machine Operator
• Bituminous Paving Machine Operator
• Asphalt Tamping Machine Operator
• Asphalt Surface Heater 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 “Asphalt Spreader Operator”

• Shovel blacktop.
• Coordinate truck dumping.
• Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.
• Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
• Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
• Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.
• Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
• 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.
• Set up and tear down equipment.
• Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates.
• Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
• Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
• Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.
• 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.
• 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.
• Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.
• Control traffic.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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• Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Microsoft Office
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