Overview
All Other Mobile Plant Operators
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$1,375 Weekly Pay
-
Strong Future Growth
Road Roller Operators
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540 workers Employment Size
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Lower skill Skill level rating
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85% Full-Time Full-Time Share
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45 hours Average full-time
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47 years Average age
-
7% female Gender Share
Road Roller Operators operate power-driven rollers to prepare surfaces for roads, runways and car parks.
You can work as a Road Roller Operator without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided.
Tasks
- Drives roller over surface until desired condition is obtained.
- Maintains equipment.
Prospects
The number of people working as Road Roller Operators (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 740 in 2011 to 540 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with extreme caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Road Roller Operators work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales and Queensland have a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Construction; Public Administration and Safety; and Administrative and Support Services.
- Full-time: Most work full-time (85%, much higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 45 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 47 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (58%).
- Gender: 7% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Pathways
You can work as a Road Roller Operator without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Transport and Logistics Training Package VET training pathways.
Skills & Knowledge
Employers look for Other Mobile Plant Operators who are trustworthy and responsible, can communicate with a variety of people and have good team work skills
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Building and construction
Materials, and methods used to construct or repair houses, buildings, or other structures like highways and roads.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Geography
Describing land, sea, and air, including their physical characteristics, locations, how they work together, and the location of plant, animal, and human life.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
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Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Repairing
Fixing machines or systems.
-
Equipment maintenance
Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Troubleshooting
Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Reaction time
Quickly move your hand, finger, or foot when a sound, light, picture or something else appears.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Depth perception
Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Rate control
Change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Working with mechanical equipment
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2071.00 - Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.
Work Environment
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Outdoors, exposed to weather
Work outdoors, exposed to the weather.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Dangerous equipment
Work near dangerous equipment like saws, machinery with open moving parts, or moving traffic.
-
Very hot or cold temperatures
Work in very hot or cold temperatures.
-
In an open vehicle or equipment
Work in an open vehicle (e.g., a tractor).
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Pace of work set by equipment
Pace of work depends on the speed of equipment or machinery.
-
Whole body vibration
Be exposed to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer).
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
-
Bright or inadequate lighting
Work in extremely bright or dark lighting conditions.
-
Minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings
Be exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
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Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2071.00 - Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.
All Other Mobile Plant Operators
-
$1,375 Weekly Pay
-
Strong Future Growth
Road Roller Operators
-
540 workers Employment Size
-
Lower skill Skill level rating
-
85% Full-Time Full-Time Share
-
45 hours Average full-time
-
47 years Average age
-
7% female Gender Share
Road Roller Operators operate power-driven rollers to prepare surfaces for roads, runways and car parks.
You can work as a Road Roller Operator without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided.
Tasks
- Drives roller over surface until desired condition is obtained.
- Maintains equipment.
The number of people working as Road Roller Operators (in their main job) fell over 5 years:
from 740 in 2011 to 540 in 2016.
Caution: The Australian jobs market is changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These estimates do not take account of the impact of COVID-19. They may not reflect the current jobs market and should be used and interpreted with extreme caution.
- Size: This is a very small occupation.
- Location: Road Roller Operators work in many parts of Australia. New South Wales and Queensland have a large share of workers.
- Industries: Most work in Construction; Public Administration and Safety; and Administrative and Support Services.
- Full-time: Most work full-time (85%, much higher than the average of 66%).
- Hours: Full-time workers spend around 45 hours per week at work (compared to the average of 44 hours).
- Age: The average age is 47 years (compared to the average of 40 years). Many workers are 45 years or older (58%).
- Gender: 7% of workers are female (compared to the average of 48%).
Main Industries
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Industries are based on the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC 06).
States and Territories
NSW
VIC
QLD
SA
WA
TAS
NT
ACT
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian States and Territories, in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Profile
Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Education Level
Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
You can work as a Road Roller Operator without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided.
Before starting a course, check it will provide you with the skills and qualifications you need. Visit
- My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
- AAPathways website to explore Transport and Logistics Training Package VET training pathways.
Employers look for Other Mobile Plant Operators who are trustworthy and responsible, can communicate with a variety of people and have good team work skills
Filter Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge
These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.
-
Mechanical
Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
-
Building and construction
Materials, and methods used to construct or repair houses, buildings, or other structures like highways and roads.
-
Transportation
Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.
-
Public safety and security
Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.
-
Engineering and technology
Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.
-
Education and training
Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
-
Production and processing
Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.
-
Administration and management
Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.
-
Customer and personal service
Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.
-
English language
English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
-
Mathematics
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.
-
Technical design
Design techniques, tools, and principles used to make detailed technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
-
Psychology
Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.
-
Personnel and human resources
Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.
-
Physics
The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.
-
Economics and accounting
Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.
-
Geography
Describing land, sea, and air, including their physical characteristics, locations, how they work together, and the location of plant, animal, and human life.
-
Chemistry
Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.
-
Computers and electronics
Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
-
Telecommunications
Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Skills
Skills can be improved through training or experience.
-
Coordination with others
Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.
-
Operation and control
Controlling equipment or systems.
-
Operation monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
-
Critical thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
-
Repairing
Fixing machines or systems.
-
Equipment maintenance
Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.
-
Monitoring
Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.
-
Troubleshooting
Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.
-
Active listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
-
Complex problem solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
-
Quality control analysis
Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.
-
Equipment selection
Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
-
Judgment and decision making
Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.
-
Speaking
Talking to others.
-
Time management
Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.
-
Active learning
Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.
-
Reading comprehension
Reading work related information.
-
Learning strategies
Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.
-
Management of personnel resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.
-
Social perceptiveness
Understanding why people react the way they do.
Abilities
Workers use these physical and mental abilities.
-
Multilimb coordination
Use your arms and/or legs at the same time while sitting, standing, or lying down.
-
Control precision
Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
-
Reaction time
Quickly move your hand, finger, or foot when a sound, light, picture or something else appears.
-
Oral comprehension
Listen to and understand what people say.
-
Static strength
Lift, push, pull, or carry things.
-
Trunk strength
Use your abdominal and lower back muscles a number of times without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
-
Depth perception
Decide which thing is closer or further away from you, or decide how far away it is.
-
Visualization
Imagine how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
-
Problem spotting
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.
-
Rate control
Change when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
-
Extent flexibility
Bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
-
Far vision
See details that are far away.
-
Oral expression
Communicate by speaking.
-
Sorting or ordering
Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
-
Arm-hand steadiness
Keep your hand or arm steady.
-
Speech recognition
Identify and understand the speech of another person.
-
Deductive reasoning
Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.
-
Manual dexterity
Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
-
Finger dexterity
Put together small parts with your fingers.
-
Categorising
Come up with different ways of grouping things.
Activities
These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.
-
Controlling equipment or machines
Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).
-
Doing physically active work
Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.
-
Handling and moving objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.
-
Driving vehicles or equipment
Running, manoeuvring, navigating, or driving things like forklifts, vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
-
Making decisions and solving problems
Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.
-
Checking for errors or defects
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.
-
Monitoring people, processes and things
Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.
-
Estimating amounts, costs and resources
Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.
-
Assessing and evaluating things
Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.
-
Working with mechanical equipment
Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.
-
Communicating within a team
Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.
-
Working with the public
Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.
-
Looking for changes over time
Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.
-
Researching and investigating
Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.
-
Keeping your knowledge up-to-date
Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.
-
Coordinating the work of a team
Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.
-
Training and teaching others
Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.
-
Planning and prioritising work
Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.
-
Checking compliance with standards
Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
-
Coaching and developing others
Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2071.00 - Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.
Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.
Filter Work Environment
Demands
The physical and social demands workers face most often are shown below.
-
Outdoors, exposed to weather
Work outdoors, exposed to the weather.
-
Wear common protective or safety equipment
Wear equipment like safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets.
-
Health and safety of others
Take responsibility for the health and safety of others.
-
Using your hands to handle, control, or feel
Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.
-
Exposure to contaminants
Be exposed to pollutants, gases, dust or odours.
-
Time pressure
Work to strict deadlines.
-
Dangerous equipment
Work near dangerous equipment like saws, machinery with open moving parts, or moving traffic.
-
Very hot or cold temperatures
Work in very hot or cold temperatures.
-
In an open vehicle or equipment
Work in an open vehicle (e.g., a tractor).
-
Teamwork
Work with people in a group or team.
-
Being exact or accurate
Be very exact or highly accurate.
-
Loud or uncomfortable sounds
Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.
-
Face-to-face discussions
Talk with people face-to-face.
-
Pace of work set by equipment
Pace of work depends on the speed of equipment or machinery.
-
Whole body vibration
Be exposed to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer).
-
Frequent decision making
Frequently make decisions that impact other people.
-
Contact with people
Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.
-
Responsible for outcomes
Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.
-
Bright or inadequate lighting
Work in extremely bright or dark lighting conditions.
-
Minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings
Be exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings.
Values
Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
-
Support
Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.
-
Relationships
Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
-
Independence
Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.
-
Working conditions
Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.
-
Achievement
Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.
-
Recognition
Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.
Interests
Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.
-
Practical
Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.
-
Administrative
Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.
-
Enterprising
Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.
-
Analytical
Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.
-
Creative
Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.
-
Helping
Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.

O*NET is a trademark of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 47-2071.00 - Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators.