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Segmental Paver

💰 Earn $50K-$89K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
⏱️ 6–12 Month Training
📈 3.5% Job Growth
  • Transform outdoor spaces with precision and creativity in paving design.
  • Enhance landscapes by ensuring durable and aesthetically pleasing surfaces.
  • Combine artistry and engineering to craft unique, lasting pavements.
Segmental Paver
What Segmental Pavers DoLay out, cut, and place segmental paving units. Includes installers of bedding and restraining materials for the paving units.
  • 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.
Segmental Pavers Education, Salary, and Growth
Minimum EducationHigh School Diploma or GED
Career ProspectsGood (Increasing by 1-5%)
Training Time6 months to 1 year
Job Openings3,100 Annually
Median Earnings
$63,040 in California
$48,120 Nationally

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YOU Like
  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands
you value
  • Having support
  • Having freedom
  • Personal relationships
you are skilled in
  • Active Listening
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Repairing
  • Speaking
  • Installation
  • Reading Comprehension
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Segmental PaverExplore career pathways, key skills, and what each role has to offer.
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Vocational SchoolA vocational school typically equips students with specialized skills and practical training in specific trades or occupations, enhancing their employability and providing direct pathways to relevant careers.
🎓 Skills-Focused
⏱️ Finish in 6 months - 2 years
Workforce Development ProgramA workforce development program typically enhances participants' opportunities to succeed in the workforce through employment skill-building, career counseling, connections to employers, and pathways to high-demand and high-wage jobs.
🎓 Skills-Focused
⏱️ Finish in 6 months - 2 years
ApprenticeshipAn apprenticeship typically offers a combination of hands-on training and classroom instruction, leading to practical skills, industry-specific knowledge, and the potential for long-term employment in a specific trade or profession.
🎓 Paid Work
⏱️ Finish in 2-5 years
Strategic EmploymentStrategic employment provides individuals with valuable work experience, opportunities for professional growth and networking, and exposure to an industry where they may want to pursue advancement.
🎓 Paid Work
⏱️ Finish in 1-3 years
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