9913-11 Paving and Surfacing Labourer
Performs routine tasks to spread, level and compact bituminous and other paving material on roads, runways or parking areas.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is completion of compulsory secondary education or higher qualification.
Tasks Include:
- sweeps paving bases prior to laying asphalt or other surfaces
- sprinkles or brushes hot or cold-mix asphalt over surfaces to be paved or repaired to bond asphalt toppings to bases
- operates tank-truck distributors or hoses to spray tar and road oils and emulsions on graded surfaces prior to paving
- trips tail-gate levers to discharge hot-mix asphalt into paving machines, or spread stone chips, gravel or cold-mix asphalt on to road surfaces
- cuts and trims damaged surfaces using jack-hammers and softens edges of areas to be repaired with blowtorches
- shovels asphalt mix into areas inaccessible to paving machines, and compacts mix using rakes and hand tampers
- erects and dismantles barricades
- loads and unloads equipment, and cleans work sites
- may direct traffic
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