Segmental Pavers
Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Social Perceptiveness
- Operation and Control
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Persuasion
Key knowledge
- Mechanical
- Building and Construction
- Administration and Management
- Transportation
- Customer and Personal Service
- Public Safety and Security
- Design
- Engineering and Technology
What the work involves
- Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
- Prepare base for installation by removing unstable or unsuitable materials, compacting and grading the soil, draining or stabilizing weak or saturated soils and taking measures to prevent water penetration and migration of bedding sand.
- Sweep sand from the surface prior to opening to traffic.
- Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.
- Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.
- Compact bedding sand and pavers to finish the paved area, using a plate compactor.
- Design paver installation layout pattern and create markings for directional references of joints and stringlines.
- Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Artistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (58.9% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (40.9%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (39%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Segmental Pavers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
- Projection education uses SOC 47-4090 (aggregate); it may describe a broader group.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 71% of occupations compared | 64% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 96% of occupations compared | 86% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 60% of occupations compared | 67% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 54% of occupations compared | 88% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 66% of occupations compared | 84% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 94% of occupations compared | 91% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 72% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Lower on consequence of error than 54% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0.45%
- Contact with others most of the time: 35.75%
- Constant contact with others: 63.8%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 2.51%
- Fairly important: 0.69%
- Important: 3.33%
- Very important: 7.76%
- Extremely important: 85.71%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 27.93%
- Very important: 5.31%
- Extremely important: 66.76%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0.71%
- Limited freedom: 0.45%
- Some freedom: 87.83%
- A lot of freedom: 11.01%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 4.95%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 84.36%
- Every day: 10.7%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 3.25%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 4.27%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 91.18%
- Every day: 1.3%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 3.71%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 4.13%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 59.48%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 31.81%
- Every day: 0.87%
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 6.64%
- Fairly serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Serious: 0.69%
- Very serious: 6.04%
- Extremely serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 19, Incumbent 06/2008
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O*NET-SOC 47-4091.00 · SOC 47-4090 (aggregate, low confidence) · dataset 2026.10.8