Where a road roller operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a road roller operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Road roller operators work with equipment to compact a variety of materials, such as soil, gravel, concrete or asphalt, in the construction of roads and foundations. They walk behind, or sit on top of the road roller, depending on the type and size, and roll over the area to be compacted.
Also known as ride on roller driver, walk-behind road roller operator, vibrating roller driver, walk-behind roller operator, roller operator, ride on road roller operator, rough roller operator, road roller driver, roller-compactor operator, roller driver, roller operative, roller-compactor driver.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: excavator operator, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A road roller 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.
- compaction techniques engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate road roller working with machinery and specialised equipment
- recognise the hazards of dangerous goods assisting and caring
- keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
- drive mobile heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect construction sites information skills
- prevent damage to utility infrastructure management skills
- mechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- operate GPS systems working with computers
- react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a road roller operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- mobile crane operator 65% covered · difficulty 38.9
- pile driving hammer operator 63% covered · difficulty 40.7
- concrete pump operator 61% covered · difficulty 42.1
- tower crane operator 60% covered · difficulty 42.9
- demolition worker 60% covered · difficulty 43.3
- concrete finisher 57% covered · difficulty 45.7
- rigger 56% covered · difficulty 46.8
- road construction worker 49% covered · difficulty 52.2
- tunnel boring machine operator 49% covered · difficulty 53.2
- dismantling worker 47% covered · difficulty 54.4
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Road roller operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a road roller 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.