£35,880
Average Annual Pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
52
Average Weekly Hours
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2019
5.71%
Unemployment Rate
Labour Force Survey 2020
Future employment projections (Working Futures UK)
Description
Road construction operatives construct, repair and maintain roads and lay paving slabs and kerbstones to form pavements and street gutters.
Qualifications
No academic qualifications are required. Training is typically provided on-the-job. All sites are required to have a ‘trained operative’ registered with the Street Workers Qualification Register. Trained operatives are required to attend accredited assessment centres. NVQs/SVQs in Highway Maintenance and Road Building are available at Levels 1 and 2.Typical tasks
- inspects road surfaces for hazards or signs of deterioration, clears mud, weeds and debris from road and spreads grit or salt as required;
- cuts away broken road surface with pick or pneumatic drill;
- heats bitumen in bucket, applies it to newly laid asphalt and beats or draws tamper head on asphalt to close joints;
- spreads bitumen, tar or asphalt and compacts surface using roller;
- spreads aggregate over road surfaces using shovel and lays markings on road surface;
- removes damaged paving slabs and kerb stones, lays bedding of sand, concrete or mortar on prepared foundation, lays new slabs or stones and fills joints with mortar.
Common job titles
Man, road (building construction)
Reinstater
Repairer, road
Layer, tar
Pavior
Layer, slab
Layer, stone
Hand, maintenance (local government: highways dept)
Layer, floor, concrete
Spreader, asphalt
Layer, road
Paviour
Layer, surface (gas supplier)
Lengthman, road
Liner, road
Pavior, tar
Layer, asphalt
Superintendent, highways
Tarmacer
Leveller, concrete
Spreader, tar
Worker, road
Screeder
Contractor, road
Layer, tarmac
Man, surface (civil engineering)
Operative, highways
Mender, road
Worker, reinstatement
Finisher, concrete (building construction)
Layer, concrete
Roadsman (local government)
Inspector, road
Contractor, lining, road
Paver
Worker, concrete
Assembler, concrete
Layer, kerb
Worker, surface, road
Flagger
Constructor, road
Mason, street
Paviour, tar
Surfacer, road
Worker, tarmac
Lengthman (local government)
Man, tar (building construction)
Hand, maintenance, highways
Inspector, roads
Paver, tar
Man, road (local government)
Raker, asphalt
Roadman
Chipper (road surfacing)
Setter, kerb
Marker, road
Asphalter
Tamperman
Concreter
Maker, road
Erector, concrete
Raker, tarmac
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50/355
Ranked 50th out of 355 careers for highest unemployment rate.
Top industries: Road construction operatives
Working Futures UK
Employment type
Gender breakdown
£590
Female average weekly pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
£690
Male average weekly pay
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
92/350
Gender pay gap ranking
Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020
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Average weekly pay by age and gender: Road construction operatives
Pay change between years
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