Segmental Pavers

What the job really is

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

At a glance

• Sector: Construction & Extraction
• O*NET-SOC code: 47-4091
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• 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.
• Design paver installation layout pattern and create markings for directional references of joints and stringlines.
• Sweep sand from the surface prior to opening to traffic.
• Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.
• Cement the edges of the paved area.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Backhoes, Bandcutters, Base rakes, Chainsaws, Chalk line markers, Chop saws, Database software, Decorative Software Online Visualizers

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
• Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
• Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
• Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
• Tile and Stone Setters
• Construction Laborers
• Stonemasons
• Brickmasons and Blockmasons

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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