What skills should a Segmental Paver put on a resume?

O*NET rates Active Listening, Speaking, Coordination, Critical Thinking, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Segmental Paver list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Database software, Decorative Software Online Visualizers, Depiction Software Deco-Con, Depiction Software Deco-Con Estimator, and Depiction Software Hardscape Imaging. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Segmental Paver work?

O*NET records 23 titles for this occupation, including Cutter, Paver, Paver Installer, and Paving Stone Installer. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Segmental Paver need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 59% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Segmental Paver role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Segmental Paver resume example

A resume for a Segmental Paver needs to show the work itself: lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Day to day that means work like this: 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; supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Cutter
Paver
Paver Installer
Paving Stone Installer
Paver Layer
Segmental Wall Installer
Asphalt Laborer
Asphalt Paving Coordinator
Asphalt Paving Crew Member
Asphalt Paving Laborer
Asphalt Paving Worker
Concrete Pavement Installer
Concrete Paver
Installer
Interlocking Concrete Pavement Installer
Interlocking Installer
Interlocking Pavement Installer
Paver Operator

O*NET records 23 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

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.
Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
Discuss the design with the client.
Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly.
Sweep sand into the joints and compact pavement until the joints are full.
Screed sand level to an even thickness, and recheck sand exposed to elements, raking and rescreeding if necessary.
Cut paving stones to size and for edges, using a splitter and a masonry saw.
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.
Sweep sand from the surface prior to opening to traffic.
Resurface an outside area with cobblestones, terracotta tiles, concrete or other materials.
Cement the edges of the paved area.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

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, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Discuss the design with the client, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Set pavers, aligning and spacing them correctly, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

Database software
Decorative Software Online Visualizers
Depiction Software Deco-Con
Depiction Software Deco-Con Estimator
Depiction Software Hardscape Imaging
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
UNI-GROUP Lockpave Pro
Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Backhoes
Bandcutters
Base rakes
Chainsaws
Chalk line markers
Chop saws
Demolition hammers
Dump trucks
Dust collectors
Fork-grapples
Forklifts
Grout mixers

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Active Listening
02Speaking
03Coordination
04Critical Thinking
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Operation and Control
07Social Perceptiveness
08Operations Monitoring
09Persuasion
10Service Orientation

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Mechanical
Building and Construction

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

59%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
31%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
7%Less than a High School Diploma

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Segmental Paver do?: Lay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Day to day that includes work like 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 and Supply and place base materials, edge restraints, bedding sand and jointing sand.
What skills should a Segmental Paver put on a resume?: O*NET rates Active Listening, Speaking, Coordination, Critical Thinking, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Segmental Paver list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes Database software, Decorative Software Online Visualizers, Depiction Software Deco-Con, Depiction Software Deco-Con Estimator, and Depiction Software Hardscape Imaging. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Segmental Paver work?: O*NET records 23 titles for this occupation, including Cutter, Paver, Paver Installer, and Paving Stone Installer. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Segmental Paver need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 59% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Segmental Paver role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

If this is the job you are aiming at, the guide to tailoring a resume covers how to aim one posting properly, and building and exporting a resume here is free.

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