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18 occupations have tasks related to the 1 task from your current occupation, Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.

  • 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.
47-4099.03 Weatherization Installers and Technicians
  • Install and seal air ducts, combustion air openings, or ventilation openings to improve heating and cooling efficiency.
  • Prepare and apply weather-stripping, glazing, caulking, or door sweeps to reduce energy losses.
  • Apply spackling, compounding, or other materials to repair holes in walls.
47-2053.00 Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
  • Measure designated amounts of ingredients for terrazzo or grout, according to standard formulas and specifications, using graduated containers and scales, and load ingredients into portable mixer.
  • Fill slight grinding depressions with matching grout material and hand-trowel for a smooth, uniform surface.
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth with a trowel.
47-2121.00 Glaziers
  • Fasten glass panes into wood sashes or frames with clips, points, or moldings, adding weather seals or putty around pane edges to seal joints.
  • Pack spaces between moldings and glass with glazing compounds and trim excess material with glazing knives.
47-2042.00 Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles   Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
  • Form a smooth foundation by stapling plywood or Masonite over the floor or by brushing waterproof compound onto surface and filling cracks with plaster, putty, or grout to seal pores.
  • Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch.
47-3011.00 Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
  • Apply grout between joints of bricks or tiles, using grouting trowels.
  • Correct surface imperfections or fill chipped, cracked, or broken bricks or tiles, using fillers, adhesives, or grouting materials.
47-2082.00 Tapers
  • Apply additional coats to fill in holes and make surfaces smooth.
  • Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surfaces for painting or papering.
47-2022.00 Stonemasons
  • Line interiors of molds with treated paper and fill molds with composition-stone mixture.
47-5081.00 Helpers--Extraction Workers Bright Outlook
  • Load materials into well holes or into equipment, using hand tools.
47-2081.00 Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
  • Seal joints between ceiling tiles and walls.
47-2043.00 Floor Sanders and Finishers
  • Attach sandpaper to rollers of sanding machines.
47-3014.00 Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
  • Fill cracks or breaks in surfaces of plaster articles or areas with putty or epoxy compounds.
47-2131.00 Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
  • Fill blower hoppers with insulating materials.
47-2132.00 Insulation Workers, Mechanical Bright Outlook
  • Fill blower hoppers with insulating materials.
47-2141.00 Painters, Construction and Maintenance
  • Fill cracks, holes, or joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other fillers, using caulking guns or putty knives.
47-2142.00 Paperhangers
  • Fill holes, cracks, and other surface imperfections preparatory to covering surfaces.
47-2051.00 Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
  • Wet surface to prepare for bonding, fill holes and cracks with grout or slurry, and smooth, using trowel.
47-2031.00 Carpenters
  • Fill cracks or other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
47-5032.00 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Bright Outlook
  • Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.