# 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. - Code: 47-4051.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 47-4051) - Family: [Construction & Extraction](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-47), one of its 65 occupations - Tasks: 19 tasks (12 core and 7 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/47-4051.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/47-4051.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic. Core task · Task 4872 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 2. Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead. Core task · Task 4871 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 3. Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment. Core task · Task 18783 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 4. Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites. Core task · Task 4875 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 5. Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools. Core task · Task 4878 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 6. Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures. Core task · Task 4880 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 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 task · Task 18784 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 8. Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders. Core task · Task 4877 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 9. Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures. Core task · Task 4876 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 10. Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides. Core task · Task 4879 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 11. Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement. Core task · Task 4874 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 12. Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees. Core task · Task 4881 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 13. Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents. Supplemental task · Task 4884 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 14. Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk. Supplemental task · Task 4885 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 15. Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines. Supplemental task · Task 4882 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 16. Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers. Supplemental task · Task 4886 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 17. Inspect markers to verify accurate installation. Supplemental task · Task 4883 · Rated by 70 people who do the job, July 2017 18. Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways. Supplemental task · Task 4888 · Rated by 69 people who do the job, July 2017 19. Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation. 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