Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways, or equipment used for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

• Asphalt-Paving-Machine Operator
• Concrete-Paving-Machine Operator
• Curb-Machine Operator
• Form-Tamper Operator
• Heater-Planer Operator
• Joint-Cleaning-and-Grooving-Machine Operator
• Reinforcing-Steel-Machine Operator
• Road-Mixer Operator
• Road-Oiling-Truck Driver
• Road-Roller Operator
• Stone-Spreader Operator
• Tamping-Machine Operator

• Control paving machines to push dump trucks and to maintain a constant flow of asphalt or other material into hoppers or screeds.
• Coordinate truck dumping.
• Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
• Drive and operate curbing machines to extrude concrete or asphalt curbing.
• Drive machines onto truck trailers, and drive trucks to transport machines and material to and from job sites.
• Fill tanks, hoppers, or machines with paving materials.
• Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using mechanics' hand tools, or report malfunctions to supervisors.
• 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 oil distributors, loaders, chip spreaders, dump trucks, and snow plows.
• 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.
• Set up and tear down equipment.
• Set up forms and lay out guidelines for curbs, according to written specifications, using string, spray paint, and concrete/water mixes.
• Shovel blacktop.
• Start machine, engage clutch, and push and move levers to guide machine along forms or guidelines and to control the operation of machine attachments.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• clean equipment or machinery
• drive truck with capacity greater than 3 tons
• install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
• load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
• maintain or repair construction machinery or equipment
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• operate earth-moving or other heavy construction equipment
• perform safety inspections in construction or resource extraction setting
• prepare site or surfaces for concrete or masonry work
• read specifications
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• understand construction specifications
• use hand or power tools
• use measuring devices in construction or extraction work