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	Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	Construction Laborers	Highway Maintenance Workers	Traffic Technicians	Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
SUMMARY	64% High Risk	46% Moderate Risk	51% Moderate Risk	53% Moderate Risk	45% Moderate Risk	55% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	4.2/10	6.8/10	5.2/10	4.4/10	3.7/10	4.7/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	29% (Low Risk, Based on 49 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 286 votes)	44% (Moderate Risk, Based on 26 votes)	69% (High Risk, Based on 18 votes)	35% (Low Risk, Based on 43 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	3.2%	5.8%	7.3%	3.0%	3.7%	1.8%
WAGES	$51,650 or $24.83 per hour	$63,980 or $30.76 per hour	$46,730 or $22.46 per hour	$49,070 or $23.59 per hour	$58,480 or $28.11 per hour	$54,660 or $26.28 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	45,680	180,270	1,057,660	151,750	7,580	205,230
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DESCRIPTION	Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.	Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.	Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.	Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.	Conduct field studies to determine traffic volume, speed, effectiveness of signals, adequacy of lighting, and other factors influencing traffic conditions, under direction of traffic engineer.	Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.

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