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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 “Highway Maintenance Crew Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Bulldozers
Adjustable wrenches
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Tow brooms
Mounted pavement breakers
Epoxy guns
Swinging stages
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Concrete paving vibrators
Concrete mixers
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Pull type pavers
Paint transfer pumps
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Paint guns
Screwdrivers
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Snoopers
Gradalls
Spades
Paint mixers
Four-wheel drive front end loaders
Boom trucks
Pressure washers
Truck mounted cranes
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Tar kettles
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Jackhammers
Bituminous pavers
Shovels
Truck-mounted pavement striping machines
Harrows
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Concrete groovers
Oil heating burners
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10-ton crawlers
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Tar distributors
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Chemical sprayers
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Rear flail mowers
Brush chippers
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30-ton clam buckets
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Medium pressure hydraulic pumps
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Tractor disc attachments
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Hydraulic excavators
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Rear brush hog mowers
4-6 ton roller patchers
Power broom street sweepers
Graders
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10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks
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Dump trucks
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Snowplows
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