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       CODE: 859.683-030 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): ROAD-ROLLER OPERATOR (construction) alternate titles: roller operator; roller,
pneumatic; roll operator
Drives heavy rolling machine (road roller) to compact earth fills, subgrades, flexible base, and
bituminous surface to grade specifications preparatory to construction of highways, streets, and
runways: Moves levers, depresses pedals, turns handwheels, and pushes throttle to control and guide
machine. Drives machine in successive overlapping passes over surface to be compacted. Determines
speed and direction of machine, based on knowledge of compressibility of material under changing
temperatures, so that ridges are not formed by excessive pressure. Pushes hand roller and pounds
surfaces, using hand tamp, or guides portable power roller over areas not accessible to road roller.
May be designated according to surface rolled as Road-Roller Operator, Hot Mix (construction);
Subgrade-Roller Operator (construction); or according to source of power used as Diesel-Roller
Operator (construction); Gas-Roller Operator (construction).
GOE: 05.11.01 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77
ONET CROSSWALK: 87708 Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
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