Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a road construction worker can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a road construction worker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Road construction workers perform road construction on earthworks, substructure works and the pavement section of the road. They cover the compacted soil with one or more layers. Road construction workers usually lay a stabilising bed of sand or clay first before adding asphalt or concrete slabs in order to finish a road.

Also known as paver, road costruction worker, road construction project worker, rad construction worker, road paver, road paviour, rod construction worker, surfacing worker, road construction worcker, roading construction worker, runway construction worker, highway construction worker.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: road maintenance worker, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
road maintenance worker 68% covered road marker 52% covered road roller operator 49% covered grader operator 45% covered bulldozer operator 42% covered road construction worker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from road construction worker, 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 a road construction worker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A road construction worker 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
  • install frost protection materials constructing
  • prepare subgrade for road pavement constructing
  • work safely with hot materials handling and moving
  • lay base courses constructing
  • level earth surface working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pave asphalt layers constructing
  • perform drainage work handling and moving
  • plan surface slope constructing
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
  • transport construction supplies handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a road construction worker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Road construction worker is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a road construction worker’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.