Paving and Surfacing Labourers

Paving and Surfacing Labourers perform routine tasks associated in laying bituminous and other paving materials on roads, runways, parking areas and other surfaces to be paved.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- sweeping paving bases prior to laying asphalt and other surfaces - sprinkling and brushing hot and cold-mix asphalt over surfaces to be paved and repaired to bond asphalt toppings to bases - operating tank-truck distributors and hoses to spray tar and road oils and emulsions on graded surfaces prior to paving - tripping tail-gate levers to discharge hot-mix asphalt into paving machines, and spreading stone chips, gravel and cold-mix asphalt onto road surfaces - shovelling asphalt mix into areas inaccessible to paving machines, and compacting mix using rakes and hand tampers - cutting and trimming damaged surfaces using jack-hammers and softening edges of areas to be repaired with blowtorches - erecting and dismantling barricades - loading and unloading equipment, and cleaning work sites - may direct traffic