How do they match: 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.

Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.
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.
Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.
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.
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.

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