Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator resume
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Also called asphalt paving machine operator, asphalt paving operator, bituminous paving machine operator and concrete paving machine operator.
$53,340
Median pay a year
41,820
People do this work
6
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Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator
Summary
Paving equipment operator using machines to spread and level asphalt on road beds, maintaining equipment and coordinating traffic around work areas
Experience
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated paving machines to spread, smooth, and level asphalt on road beds
Started machines and controlled operations using levers and clutches
Filled machines with paving materials and maintained material flow
Inspected and cleaned equipment, and reported issues to supervisors
Drove machines onto trailers and transported them to job sites
Set up and tore down equipment according to job needs
Coordinated truck dumping and controlled traffic around work areas
Skills
Core Skills
Operating road-surfacing equipment, Monitoring construction operations, Cleaning equipment and facilities, Spreading concrete or mixtures, Assembling temporary structures, Driver's license, Inspecting equipment or tools
Hands-On Work
Loading materials into construction equipment, Spreading sand, Compacting materials, Building construction forms or molds
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Started and guided the machineFilled machines with paving materialsControlled paving machines for trucksAdjusted material flow and settingsDrove machines to job sitesInspected and cleaned equipment
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Started and guided paving machines to ensure precise material placement and alignment.
Controlled paving machines to assist dump trucks, maintaining a steady flow of materials.
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Add how often you started and guided machines.
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Guided paving machines on every job site I worked on to ensure precise material placement and alignment
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Every job site I worked onMost shifts I operated machinesDaily during paving operations
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Controlled paving machines to assist dump trucks, maintaining a steady flow of materials.
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Reduced delays in material deliveryImproved overall paving efficiencyMinimized material waste during operations
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Operating road-surfacing equipment
Loading materials into construction equipment
Monitoring construction operations
Inspecting equipment or tools
Cleaning equipment and facilities
Spreading sand
Compacting materials
Spreading concrete or mixtures
Assembling temporary structures
Building construction forms or molds
Applying material
Marking reference points
The work itself
What a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operator make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$45,610
Median
$53,340
75th percentile
$64,720
About 41,820 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.