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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead. | |||
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Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic. | ||||
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Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement. | ||||
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Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites. | ||||
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Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures. | ||||
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Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders. | ||||
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Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools. | ||||
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Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides. | ||||
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Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures. | ||||
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Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees. | ||||
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Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines. | ||||
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Inspect markers to verify accurate installation. | ||||
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Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents. | ||||
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Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk. | ||||
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Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers. | ||||
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Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation. | ||||
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Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways. | ||||
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Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment. | ||||
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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. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Highway Maintenance Workers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Spatial Orientation | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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10-ton crawlers | All terrain cranes | |||
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10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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13000-23000 pound graders | Graders | |||
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30-ton clam buckets | Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories | |||
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4-6 ton roller patchers | Rollers | |||
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8-ton dump trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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Adjustable widemouth pliers | Adjustable widemouth pliers | |||
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Adjustable wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Aggregate spreaders | Aggregate spreaders | |||
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Air compressors | Air compressors | |||
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Asphalt reclaimers | Road surface heater planers | |||
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Athey loaders | Wheel loaders | |||
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Belly dump tractor trailers | Dump trucks | |||
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Berm drag tractors | Agricultural tractors | |||
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Bituminous pavers | Bituminous material distributors | |||
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Boom trucks | Conventional truck cranes | |||
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Brush chippers | Power chippers | |||
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Bucket trucks | Articulating boom lift | |||
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Bulldozers | Wheel bulldozers | |||
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Bush axes | Axes | |||
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Catch basin vacuum cleaners | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Chain saws | Power saws | |||
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Chemical sprayers | Sprayers | |||
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Cherry pickers | Articulating boom lift | |||
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Chip spreaders | Chip Spreaders | |||
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Circuit testing equipment | Circuit tester | |||
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Cold planers | Cold planers | |||
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Compactors | Compactors | |||
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Computerized weed spray trucks | Sprayers | |||
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Concrete groovers | Road rooters | |||
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Concrete mixers | Concrete mixers or plants | |||
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Concrete paving vibrators | Vibratory plates | |||
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Concrete saws | Power saws | |||
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Culvert cleaners | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Digger-derrick trucks | Derricks | |||
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Ditchers | Ditchers | |||
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Draglines | Draglines | |||
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Dump trucks | Dump trucks | |||
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Epoxy guns | Hand sprayers | |||
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Flatbed trailers | Flatbed trailers | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Four-wheel drive front end loaders | Front end loaders | |||
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Front end loaders | Front end loaders | |||
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Gas transporters | Cargo trucks | |||
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Generators | Gas generators | |||
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Gradalls | Track excavators | |||
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Graders | Graders | |||
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Graffiti removing lasers | Lasers | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Harrows | Harrows | |||
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Heavy trucks | Delivery trucks | |||
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High-pressure hydraulic pumps | Hydraulic pumps | |||
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Hole diggers/augers | Post hole digger | |||
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Hydraulic excavators | Track excavators | |||
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Hydraulic spreaders | Aggregate spreaders | |||
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Impact wrenches | Impact wrenches | |||
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Jackhammers | Pneumatic hammer | |||
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Laser printers | Laser printers | |||
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Laydown machines | Road pavers | |||
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Light trucks | Light trucks or sport utility vehicles | |||
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Low boys | Flatbed trailers | |||
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Machetes | Machetes | |||
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Measuring wheels | Measuring wheels for distance | |||
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Medium pressure hydraulic pumps | Hydraulic pumps | |||
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Mounted pavement breakers | Paving breaker tools or accessories | |||
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Mud jacks | Mud pumps | |||
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Multipurpose vacuum street sweepers | Vacuum cleaners | |||
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Oil heating burners | Burners | |||
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Paint guns | Paint sprayers | |||
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Paint mixers | Paint mixers | |||
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Paint transfer pumps | Hydraulic pumps | |||
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Patch rollers less than 9 tons | Rollers | |||
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Pavement grinders | Paving breakers | |||
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Pavement joint sealers | Grouting machines | |||
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Pavement rollers | Rollers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Picks | Picks | |||
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Pile drivers | Pile drivers | |||
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Platform trucks | Platform lift | |||
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Pneumatic tampers | Tampers | |||
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Pothole excavation milling machines | Paving breakers | |||
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Power broom street sweepers | Scrubbing machines | |||
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Power saws | Power saws | |||
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Power screeds | Concrete spreaders | |||
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Pressure washers | Pressure or steam cleaners | |||
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Pull type pavers | Road pavers | |||
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Push mowers | Lawnmowers | |||
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Rakes | Rakes | |||
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Rear brush hog mowers | Mowers | |||
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Rear flail mowers | Mowers | |||
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Rock cutters | Rock cutters | |||
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Rock drills | Hand held rock drills | |||
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Rotary snowplows | Snowplow attachments | |||
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Sand spreaders | Aggregate spreaders | |||
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Sandblasters | Pneumatic sanding machines | |||
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Scaffolding | Scaffolding | |||
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Scissor trucks | Scissor lift | |||
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Screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Seeders | Seeder attachment | |||
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Self-propelled cranes | All terrain cranes | |||
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Self-propelled road wideners | Road wideners | |||
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Self-propelled sweepers | Scrubbing machines | |||
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Sewer cleaners | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Sewer eels | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Shovels | Shovels | |||
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Side dozers | Track bulldozers | |||
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Side-mount rotary mowers | Mowers | |||
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Snoopers | Bridge cranes | |||
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Snow blowers | Snow blowers | |||
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Snowplows | Snowplow attachments | |||
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Spades | Spades | |||
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Steam cleaning equipment | Pressure or steam cleaners | |||
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Stone box spreaders | Aggregate spreaders | |||
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Stump cutters | Blades or tooth or other cutting edges | |||
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Swinging stages | Scaffolding | |||
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Swiss hammers | Hammers | |||
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Tanker trucks | Non temperature controlled tanker trailers | |||
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Tar distributors | Bituminous material distributors | |||
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Tar kettles | Kettle exchangers | |||
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Theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Thermoplastic applicators | Paint sprayers | |||
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Tire chains | Safety chains | |||
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Tow brooms | Scrubbing machines | |||
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Towable barricades | Barricades | |||
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Tractor disc attachments | Disks | |||
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Tractor-mounted mowers | Mowers | |||
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Transport trucks | Delivery trucks | |||
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Truck low-bed trailer combos | Low cab forward tractors | |||
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Truck mounted cranes | Conventional truck cranes | |||
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Truck mounted excavators | Mobile excavators | |||
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Truck-mounted pavement striping machines | Paint sprayers | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Two-wheel drive front end loaders | Front end loaders | |||
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Vans | Minivans or vans | |||
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Water pumps | Water pumps | |||
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Water trucks | Water trucks | |||
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Weedeaters | Weeders | |||
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Welding equipment | Welding tools | |||
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Wheeled hydraulic booms | Hydraulic truck cranes | |||
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Windrow loaders | Bituminous material distributors | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Caltrans Equipment Operator | |||
Caltrans Landscape Maintenance Worker | |||
Equipment Operator (EO) | |||
Heavy Equipment Operator | |||
Highway Maintainer | |||
Highway Maintenance Crew Worker | |||
Highway Maintenance Technician | |||
Highway Maintenance Worker | |||
Highway Worker | |||
Hot Oiler | |||
Laborer | |||
Lane Marker Installer | |||
Maintenance Technician | |||
Maintenance Worker | |||
Material Handler | |||
Materials Handling Equipment Operator | |||
Oil Spreader Operator | |||
Paint Crew Person | |||
Patrolman | |||
Road Builder | |||
Road Grader Operator | |||
Road Maker | |||
Road Mender | |||
Road Oiler | |||
Road Oiling Truck Driver | |||
Road Patcher | |||
Road Repairer | |||
Road Sign Installer | |||
Road Worker | |||
Snow Plow Operator | |||
Street Worker | |||
Striper Paint Gun Operator | |||
Traffic Control Specialist | |||
Transportation Maintenance Operator | |||
Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS) | |||
Transportation Worker | |||
Truck Driver | |||
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