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Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

ID

work_construction/paving_surfacing_and_tamping_equipment_operators

Type

TASK

Children

20

Child Nodes (20)

ATOMIC

Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.

ATOMIC

Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.

ATOMIC

Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.

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Observe distribution of paving material to adjust machine settings or material flow, and indicate low spots for workers to add material.

ATOMIC

Coordinate truck dumping.

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Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.

ATOMIC

Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.

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Set up and tear down equipment.

ATOMIC

Operate machines to spread, smooth, level, or steel-reinforce stone, concrete, or asphalt on road beds.

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Light burners or start heating units of machines, and regulate screed temperatures and asphalt flow rates.

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Control traffic.

ATOMIC

Shovel blacktop.

ATOMIC

Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.

ATOMIC

Operate oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.

ATOMIC

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.

ATOMIC

Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.

ATOMIC

Operate machines that clean or cut expansion joints in concrete or asphalt and that rout out cracks in pavement.

ATOMIC

Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.

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Install dies, cutters, and extensions to screeds onto machines, using hand tools.

ATOMIC

Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete or water mixes.