How do they match: Highway Maintenance Workers

  • Road Builder
  • Road Crew Member
  • Road Maker
  • Road Mender
  • Road Oiler
  • Road Oiling Truck Driver
  • Road Patcher
  • Road Repairer
  • Road Sign Installer
  • Road Worker
  • Lane Marker Installer

  • 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.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.
  • Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
  • Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
  • Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
  • Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.
  • Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
  • Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
  • Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.

  • Mark reference points on construction materials.
  • Operate road-surfacing equipment.