Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an asphalt plant operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an asphalt plant operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Asphalt plant operators extract raw materials such as sand and stones and operate mobile equipment for their transport to the plant. They tend automated machines to crush and sort out stones, and to mix the sand and stones with asphalt cement. They take samples to check the quality of the mix and arrange for its transport to the construction site.

Also known as asphalt production plant operative, aggregates and asphalt worker, asphalt production plant worker, mobile plant operator, asphalt plant worker, asphalt plant operative, asphalt production plant operator, asphalt production worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: lacquer maker, 28%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
lacquer maker 28% covered varnish maker 26% covered nailing machine operator 26% covered bleacher operator 26% covered wood fuel pelletiser 26% covered asphalt plant operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from asphalt plant operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an asphalt plant operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An asphalt plant operator needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • tend asphalt mixing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • feed raw material into plant machinery handling and moving
  • operate raw mineral separation equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate raw mineral size reduction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • segregate raw materials handling and moving
  • asphalt mixes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • prepare raw materials handling and moving
  • types of asphalt coverings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • composite materials natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • control temperature information skills
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Asphalt plant operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an asphalt plant operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.