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United States

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Median annual wage

Not published

Employment

Not published

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.

O*NET code
47-4091.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Prepare base for installation by removing unstable or unsuitable materials, compacting and grading the soil, draining or stabilizing weak or saturated soils and taking measures to prevent water penetration and migration of bedding sand.
  • Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
  • Discuss the design with the client.
  • Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.
  • Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.
  • Screed sand level to an even thickness, and recheck sand exposed to elements, raking and rescreeding if necessary.
  • Cut paving stones to size and for edges, using a splitter and a masonry saw.
  • Compact bedding sand and pavers to finish the paved area, using a plate compactor.

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Most important skills

  • Speaking3.5
  • Active Listening3.5
  • Critical Thinking3.3
  • Coordination3.3
  • Social Perceptiveness3.1
  • Operation and Control3.1
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.1
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Time Management3.0
  • Operations Monitoring3.0
  • Persuasion3.0
  • Management of Personnel Resources2.9

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 11 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

11

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Coordination3.33.8Not selected3.8
Active Listening3.53.0Not selected3.0
Critical Thinking3.33.0Not selected3.0
Speaking3.52.8Not selected2.8
Operation and Control3.12.9Not selected2.9
Time Management3.02.9Not selected2.9
Social Perceptiveness3.12.8Not selected2.8
Service Orientation3.02.8Not selected2.8
Persuasion3.02.8Not selected2.8
Judgment and Decision Making3.12.6Not selected2.6
Operations Monitoring3.02.6Not selected2.6

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

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