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“Materials Handling Equipment Operator” will probably be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

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

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-4051.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 39,540.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
Currently, there are 143,320 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Highway Maintenance Workers”.

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Tasks for “Materials Handling Equipment Operator”

Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
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.
Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.
Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.
Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.
Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.
Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.
Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.

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Front end loaders
Flatbed trailers
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Tar kettles
Draglines
Tractor-mounted mowers
Mounted pavement breakers
Tar distributors
8-ton dump trucks
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Hammers
Tow brooms
Pull type pavers
Vans
Dump trucks
Tractor disc attachments
Epoxy guns
Swiss hammers
Tire chains
Brush chippers
Low boys
Pothole excavation milling machines
Pile drivers
Two way radios
Truck mounted cranes
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Truck-mounted pavement striping machines
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10-ton crawlers
Theodolites
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Paint transfer pumps
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Boom trucks
Power broom street sweepers
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Concrete mixers
Water trucks
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Hole diggers/augers
Adjustable wrenches
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Two-wheel drive front end loaders
Medium pressure hydraulic pumps
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13000-23000 pound graders
Heavy trucks
4-6 ton roller patchers
Stump cutters
High-pressure hydraulic pumps
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Bulldozers
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Gas transporters
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Snowplows
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Oil heating burners
30-ton clam buckets
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Rock drills
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Chain saws
Personal computers
Shovels
Mud jacks
Machetes
Athey loaders
Platform trucks
Power saws
Screwdrivers
Patch rollers less than 9 tons
Picks
Air compressors
Thermoplastic applicators
Desktop computers
Laser printers
Portable welding equipment
Truck low-bed trailer combos
Culvert cleaners
Chip spreaders
Paint guns
Concrete paving vibrators
Pneumatic tampers
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Catch basin vacuum cleaners
Sewer eels
Paint mixers
Hydraulic excavators
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