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“Mechanical Spreader 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 “Mechanical Spreader Operator”

Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.
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.
Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
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.
Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.
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.
Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.
Set up and tear down equipment.
Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
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.
Control traffic.
Shovel blacktop.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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