Marg Career Library - Paving Surfacing and Tamping Equipment Operators

Overview:

Apply concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways, or tamp down gravel, dirt, or other materials with equipment. Operators of concrete and asphalt paving machines, form tampers, tamping machines, and stone spreaders are all included.

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Career Path:

A High School Diploma degree or Associate degree is enough.

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Job Opportunities:

Heater-Planer Operator
Road Packer Operator
Roller Machine Operator
Mud Jack Operator
Traveling Plant Operator

Job Responsibilities:

Regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates by lighting burners or starting machine heating units.
Control the flow of traffic.
Control paving machinery to drive dump trucks and keep asphalt or other materials flowing into hoppers or screeds.
Using mechanics' hand tools, inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
Observe paving material distribution to modify machine settings or material flow, and identify low locations for personnel to add material.
Organize the disposal of trucks.
To steer the machine along forms or guidelines and regulate the operation of machine attachments, start the machine, engage the clutch, and push and slide levers.