Jobs / Physical work / 47-2071.00
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.
- US jobs
- 41,820
- Median wage
- $53,340 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Physical work:
- Task levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
- Project levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
Unexplored territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
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- 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.
- Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
- Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
- Coordinate truck dumping.
- Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
- Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
- Set up and tear down equipment.
- Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.
- Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates.
- Control traffic.
- Shovel blacktop.
Other job titles for this occupation (58)
Asphalt Paver Operator · Asphalt Paving Machine Operator · Asphalt Raker · Asphalt Roller Operator · Equipment Operator (EO) · Loader Operator · Maintenance Equipment Operator (MEO) · Paver Operator · Roller Operator · Screed Operator · Asphalt Distributor Operator · Asphalt Distributor Tender · Asphalt Equipment Crew Member · Asphalt Equipment Operator · Asphalt Paver · Asphalt Paving Operator · Asphalt Plant Operator · Asphalt Screed Operator · Asphalt Screedman · Asphalt Spreader Operator · Asphalt Surface Heater Operator · Asphalt Tamping Machine Operator · Bituminous Paving Machine Operator · Black Top Machine Operator · Black Top Paver Operator · Black Top Roller · Black Top Spreader Machine Operator · Blacktop Paver Operator · Concrete and Asphalt Equipment Operator · Concrete Equipment Crew Member · Concrete Finishing Machine Operator · Concrete Paving Machine Operator · Crew Member · Curb Machine Operator · Form Grader · Form Tamper · Form Tamper Operator · Heater Planer Operator · Joint Cleaning Machine Operator · Joint Grooving Machine Operator · Joint Machine Operator · Machine Operator · Mechanical Spreader Operator · Mud Jack Operator · Paving Crew Member · Paving Equipment Operator · Paving Machine Operator · Paving Operator · Reinforcing Steel Machine Operator · Road Mixer Operator · Road Oiling Truck Driver · Road Packer Operator · Road Roller Operator · Roller Machine Operator · Steam Roller Operator · Stone Spreader Operator · Strike Off Machine Operator · Tamping Machine Operator