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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”.

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
• 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 “Mud Jack Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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• Time report software
• Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Database software
• Microsoft Office
• HCSS HeavyBid
• Email software
• Microsoft Excel
• Spreadsheet software