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Highway Maintenance Workers

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

Tasks
19 tasks12 core, 7 supplemental
Family
Construction & ExtractionOne of its 65 occupations
Code
47-4051.00SOC 2018: 47-4051

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12 core tasks and 7 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.

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Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all

  1. Task 1. Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.Core taskTask 4872Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  2. Task 2. Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.Core taskTask 4871Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  3. Task 3. Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.Core taskTask 18783Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  4. Task 4. Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.Core taskTask 4875Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  5. Task 5. Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.Core taskTask 4878Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  6. Task 6. Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.Core taskTask 4880Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  7. Task 7. Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.Core taskTask 18784Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  8. Task 8. Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.Core taskTask 4877Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  9. Task 9. Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.Core taskTask 4876Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  10. Task 10. Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.Core taskTask 4879Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  11. Task 11. Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.Core taskTask 4874Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  12. Task 12. Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.Core taskTask 4881Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  13. Task 13. Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.Supplemental taskTask 4884Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  14. Task 14. Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.Supplemental taskTask 4885Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  15. Task 15. Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.Supplemental taskTask 4882Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  16. Task 16. Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.Supplemental taskTask 4886Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  17. Task 17. Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.Supplemental taskTask 4883Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017
  18. Task 18. Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.Supplemental taskTask 4888Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017
  19. Task 19. Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.Supplemental taskTask 4887Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017

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Quoted from the U.S. Department of Labor, and credited. Nothing on this page is written by us.

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    O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
  2. Classification
    Standard Occupational Classification 2018, 47-4051
  3. License
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  4. Changed by us
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