Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Operate road-surfacing equipment.
• Load materials into construction equipment.
• Monitor construction operations.
• Direct construction or extraction personnel.
• Coordinate construction project activities.
• Drive trucks or truck-mounted equipment.

• Inspect equipment or tools to be used in construction or excavation.
• Clean equipment or facilities.
• Assemble temporary equipment or structures.
• Dismantle equipment or temporary structures.
• Maintain construction tools or equipment.
• Spread concrete or other aggregate mixtures.
• Direct vehicle traffic.
• Apply material to fill gaps in surfaces.
• Spread sand, dirt or other loose materials onto surfaces.
• Compact materials to create level bases.
• Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials.
• Cut tile, stone, or other masonry materials.
• Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment.
• Break up rock, asphalt, or concrete.
• Install equipment attachments or components.
• Build construction forms or molds.
• Mark reference points on construction materials.

• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

• Pile Driver Operators

• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

• Pipelayers

• Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters

• Fence Erectors

• Highway Maintenance Workers

• Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

• Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

• Helpers--Extraction Workers