How do they match: Highway Maintenance Workers

  • Caltrans Equipment Operator
  • Equipment Operator
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Materials Handling Equipment Operator
  • Oil Spreader Operator
  • Snow Plow Operator
  • Transportation Maintenance Operator

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Operate equipment or vehicles to clear construction sites or move materials.
  • Operate road-surfacing equipment.
  • Inspect industrial or commercial equipment to ensure proper operation.