Description
Perform physically demanding work on asphalt paving and maintenance projects. Operate hand and power tools and light equipment such as asphalt rakes, lutes, plate compactors, tack sprayers, pavers, rollers, saws, and skid steers. Prepare and clean work areas; set grades and edges; place, spread, and compact hot mix asphalt; and support paving, milling, and patching crews on roads and parking lots. May set up traffic control and clean and maintain tools and equipment.
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
- • Building and Construction
- • Mechanical
Law and Public Safety
- • Public Safety and Security
Skills
Content
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Social Skills
- • Coordination
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Rate Control
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Dynamic Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Endurance
- • Stamina
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Construction
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
