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“Patrolman” 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”.
Also Known As…
- Highway Maintenance Workers
- Truck Driver
- Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)
- Transportation Maintenance Operator
- Highway Worker
- Highway Maintenance Worker
- Highway Maintenance Technician
- Highway Maintenance Crew Worker
- Highway Maintainer
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Transportation Worker
- Traffic Control Specialist
- Traffic Control Flagger
- Striper Paint Gun Operator
- Street Worker
- Snow Plow Operator
- Road Worker
- Road Sign Installer
- Road Repairer
- Road Patcher
- Road Oiling Truck Driver
- Road Oiler
- Road Mender
- Road Maker
- Road Grader Operator
- Road Crew Member
- Road Builder
- Quick Technician
- Paint Crew Person
- Oil Spreader Operator
- Materials Handling Equipment Operator
- Material Handler
- Maintenance Worker
- Maintenance Technician
- Lane Marker Installer
- Laborer
- Hot Oiler
- Flagger
- Caltrans Landscape Maintenance Worker
- Caltrans Equipment Operator
- Asphalt Raker
Tasks for “Patrolman”
- Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
- Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
- Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
- Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
- Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.
- Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
- Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
- Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
- Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.
- Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
- Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
- Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
- Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
- Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
- Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
- Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.
- Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.
- Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Chip spreaders
- Self-propelled cranes
- Push mowers
- Multipurpose vacuum street sweepers
- Screwdrivers
- Medium pressure hydraulic pumps
- Tow brooms
- Adjustable wrenches
- Low boys
- Rotary snowplows
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- Transport trucks
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- Pile drivers
- Concrete groovers
- Athey loaders
- Bulldozers
- Forklifts
- Pavement joint sealers
- 4-6 ton roller patchers
- Mounted pavement breakers
- Tractor disc attachments
- Gas transporters
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- Graders
- Two way radios
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- Personal computers
- Front end loaders
- Rear brush hog mowers
- Hydraulic excavators
- Sand spreaders
- Hammers
- Pavement grinders
- Harrows
- Sewer cleaners
- Truck-mounted pavement striping machines
- Windrow loaders
- Truck mounted excavators
- Asphalt reclaimers
- Sewer eels
- Brush chippers
- Gradalls
- Oil heating burners
- Pothole excavation milling machines
- Truck low-bed trailer combos
- Catch basin vacuum cleaners
- Rock cutters
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- Four-wheel drive front end loaders
- Theodolites
- Chain saws
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