1.8Low Risk
Paving and Surfacing Labourers
Construction and Mining Labourers · Construction and Mining Labourers
Low Risk
Median Weekly Pay
$1,456
Full-time workers
Employment
6,100
Total workers
10yr Growth
+1.1%
Projected to 2034
Shortage Status
N/A
Key Insight
Paving and Surfacing Labourers has low AI exposure, making it one of the more resilient occupations in the Australian workforce.
JSA Official AI Exposure
Automation12.0%
Augmentation32.0%
Key Tasks
- •Sweeping paving bases prior to laying asphalt and other surfaces
- •Sprinkling and brushing hot and cold-mix asphalt over surfaces to be paved and repaired to bond asphalt toppings to bases
- •Operating tank-truck distributors and hoses to spray tar and road oils and emulsions on graded surfaces prior to paving
- •Tripping tail-gate levers to discharge hot-mix asphalt into paving machines, and spreading stone chips, gravel and cold-mix asphalt onto road surfaces
- •Shovelling asphalt mix into areas inaccessible to paving machines, and compacting mix using rakes and hand tampers
- •Cutting and trimming damaged surfaces using jack-hammers and softening edges of areas to be repaired with blowtorches
- •Erecting and dismantling barricades
- •Loading and unloading equipment, and cleaning work sites
- •May direct traffic
Employment Projections to 2034
Median Age
33
Female Share
0.0%
Part-Time Share
4.0%
Skill Level
5 / 5
Lowest