How do they match: Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

  • Machine Operator
  • Asphalt Paving Machine Operator
  • Asphalt Tamping Machine Operator
  • Bituminous Paving Machine Operator
  • Black Top Machine Operator
  • Black Top Spreader Machine Operator
  • Concrete Finishing Machine Operator
  • Concrete Paving Machine Operator
  • Curb Machine Operator
  • Highway Maintenance Worker
  • Joint Machine Operator
  • Joint Cleaning Machine Operator
  • Joint Grooving Machine Operator
  • Paving Machine Operator
  • Reinforcing Steel Machine Operator
  • Roller Machine Operator
  • Strike Off Machine Operator
  • Tamping Machine Operator

  • 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.

  • Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
  • Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
  • Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
  • Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.
  • Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
  • Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.
  • 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.
  • Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.
  • Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.
  • 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.
  • Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.

  • Cut tile, stone, or other masonry materials.