Highway Maintenance Workers
Tasks Include:
- Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
- Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
- Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
- Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
- Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
- Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
- Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
- Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.
- Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
- Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
- Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +2.3%
National: +7.1%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$44,930.00
State
$40,100.00
Regional
Highway Maintenance Workers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 88.29%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 5.21%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 5.07%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 1.43%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 41.80%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 24.95%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.27%
- None = 16.20%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.66%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.12%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 32.01%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 25.07%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 20.36%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.95%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 4.94%
- None = 1.43%
- Over 10 years = 0.25%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 30.72%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20.54%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 16.84%
- None or short demonstration = 16.08%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.21%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.84%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.66%
- Over 10 years = 0.12%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
- Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
- Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
- Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
- Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
- Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
- Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
- Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.
- Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
- Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
- Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
- 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.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.
- Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.
- Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
- Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
- Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.
- Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
- Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- All terrain cranes (10-ton crawlers)
- Dump trucks (10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks)
- Graders (13000-23000 pound graders)
- Earthmoving buckets or its parts or accessories (30-ton clam buckets)
- Rollers (4-6 ton roller patchers)
- Dump trucks (8-ton dump trucks)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Aggregate spreaders
- Air compressors
- Road surface heater planers (Asphalt reclaimers)
- Wheel loaders (Athey loaders)
- Dump trucks (Belly dump tractor trailers)
- Agricultural tractors (Berm drag tractors)
- Bituminous material distributors (Bituminous pavers)
- Conventional truck cranes (Boom trucks)
- Power chippers (Brush chippers)
- Articulating boom lift (Bucket trucks)
- Wheel bulldozers (Bulldozers)
- Axes (Bush axes)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Catch basin vacuum cleaners)
- Power saws (Chain saws)
- Sprayers (Chemical sprayers)
- Articulating boom lift (Cherry pickers)
- Chip Spreaders
- Circuit tester (Circuit testing equipment)
- Cold planers
- Compactors
- Sprayers (Computerized weed spray trucks)
- Road rooters (Concrete groovers)
- Concrete mixers or plants (Concrete mixers)
- Vibratory plates (Concrete paving vibrators)
- Power saws (Concrete saws)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Culvert cleaners)
- Desktop computers
- Derricks (Digger-derrick trucks)
- Ditchers
- Draglines
- Dump trucks
- Hand sprayers (Epoxy guns)
- Flatbed trailers
- Forklifts
- Front end loaders (Four-wheel drive front end loaders)
- Front end loaders
- Cargo trucks (Gas transporters)
- Gas generators (Generators)
- Track excavators (Gradalls)
- Graders
- Lasers (Graffiti removing lasers)
- Hammers
- Harrows
- Delivery trucks (Heavy trucks)
- Hydraulic pumps (High-pressure hydraulic pumps)
- Post hole digger (Hole diggers/augers)
- Track excavators (Hydraulic excavators)
- Aggregate spreaders (Hydraulic spreaders)
- Impact wrenches
- Pneumatic hammer (Jackhammers)
- Laser printers
- Road pavers (Laydown machines)
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Light trucks)
- Flatbed trailers (Low boys)
- Machetes
- Measuring wheels for distance (Measuring wheels)
- Hydraulic pumps (Medium pressure hydraulic pumps)
- Paving breaker tools or accessories (Mounted pavement breakers)
- Mud pumps (Mud jacks)
- Vacuum cleaners (Multipurpose vacuum street sweepers)
- Burners (Oil heating burners)
- Paint sprayers (Paint guns)
- Paint mixers
- Hydraulic pumps (Paint transfer pumps)
- Rollers (Patch rollers less than 9 tons)
- Paving breakers (Pavement grinders)
- Grouting machines (Pavement joint sealers)
- Rollers (Pavement rollers)
- Personal computers
- Picks
- Pile drivers
- Platform lift (Platform trucks)
- Tampers (Pneumatic tampers)
- Paving breakers (Pothole excavation milling machines)
- Scrubbing machines (Power broom street sweepers)
- Power saws
- Concrete spreaders (Power screeds)
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Pressure washers)
- Road pavers (Pull type pavers)
- Lawnmowers (Push mowers)
- Rakes
- Mowers (Rear brush hog mowers)
- Mowers (Rear flail mowers)
- Rock cutters
- Hand held rock drills (Rock drills)
- Snowplow attachments (Rotary snowplows)
- Aggregate spreaders (Sand spreaders)
- Pneumatic sanding machines (Sandblasters)
- Scaffolding
- Scissor lift (Scissor trucks)
- Screwdrivers
- Seeder attachment (Seeders)
- All terrain cranes (Self-propelled cranes)
- Road wideners (Self-propelled road wideners)
- Scrubbing machines (Self-propelled sweepers)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer cleaners)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer eels)
- Shovels
- Track bulldozers (Side dozers)
- Mowers (Side-mount rotary mowers)
- Bridge cranes (Snoopers)
- Snow blowers
- Snowplow attachments (Snowplows)
- Spades
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Steam cleaning equipment)
- Aggregate spreaders (Stone box spreaders)
- Blades or tooth or other cutting edges (Stump cutters)
- Scaffolding (Swinging stages)
- Hammers (Swiss hammers)
- Non temperature controlled tanker trailers (Tanker trucks)
- Bituminous material distributors (Tar distributors)
- Kettle exchangers (Tar kettles)
- Theodolites
- Paint sprayers (Thermoplastic applicators)
- Safety chains (Tire chains)
- Scrubbing machines (Tow brooms)
- Barricades (Towable barricades)
- Disks (Tractor disc attachments)
- Mowers (Tractor-mounted mowers)
- Delivery trucks (Transport trucks)
- Low cab forward tractors (Truck low-bed trailer combos)
- Conventional truck cranes (Truck mounted cranes)
- Mobile excavators (Truck mounted excavators)
- Paint sprayers (Truck-mounted pavement striping machines)
- Two way radios
- Front end loaders (Two-wheel drive front end loaders)
- Minivans or vans (Vans)
- Water pumps
- Water trucks
- Weeders (Weedeaters)
- Welding tools (Welding equipment)
- Hydraulic truck cranes (Wheeled hydraulic booms)
- Bituminous material distributors (Windrow loaders)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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80.75 | 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. |
62.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
56.50 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
55.25 | 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. |
50.75 | 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. |
50.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
49.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
62.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
72.00 | 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. |
59.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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 that there is a problem. |
59.50 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
56.25 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | 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). |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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84.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
84.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
81.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
81.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
78.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
75.75 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
75.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
73.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
72.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
71.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
70.25 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
70.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
68.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
68.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
67.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
67.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
65.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
61.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
60.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
58.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
58.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
58.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
57.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
55.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
52.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
52.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
51.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
51.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
50.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
71.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
68.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
67.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
66.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
65.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
58.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
58.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
56.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
56.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
54.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
54.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
54.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
53.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
51.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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98.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
97.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
96.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
93.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
92.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
92.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
89.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
89.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
86.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
85.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
84.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
84.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
84.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
83.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
82.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
82.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
80.40 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
80.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
79.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
77.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
75.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
74.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
74.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
74.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
73.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
73.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
73.20 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
73.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
72.20 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
70.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
70.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
70.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
70.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
68.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
67.80 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
67.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
67.00 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
62.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
55.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
54.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
54.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
53.20 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,940.00 | $44,930.00 | $52,400.00 |
Virginia | $32,640.00 | $40,100.00 | $45,760.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $41,155.63 | $47,450.79 | $54,197.44 |
Bay Consortium | $36,670.60 | $43,796.44 | $46,796.79 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $36,143.68 | $40,960.36 | $44,354.35 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $35,465.92 | $40,487.17 | $44,101.22 |
Crater Area | $34,927.63 | $43,388.33 | $46,759.59 |
Greater Peninsula | $32,873.67 | $39,390.96 | $43,736.51 |
Hampton Roads | $32,632.94 | $38,789.65 | $43,867.73 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $34,372.82 | $39,434.36 | $43,781.97 |
Northern Virginia | $42,250.80 | $51,747.78 | $58,629.78 |
Piedmont Workforce | $38,038.53 | $45,129.24 | $48,807.35 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $36,382.35 | $40,960.36 | $44,579.59 |
Southwestern Virginia | $33,771.51 | $39,090.31 | $43,485.45 |
West Piedmont | $36,320.36 | $41,346.77 | $45,275.95 |
Western Virginia | $31,556.37 | $38,918.80 | $42,772.56 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 145,900 | 156,300 | +7.1% |
Virginia | 4,565 | 4,668 | +2.3% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Highway Maintenance Workers
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- Construction Laborers
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
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- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
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Careers in Maintenance/Operations Pathway:
- Boilermakers
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- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
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- Highway Maintenance Workers
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: New York State Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Labor; California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; CareerOneStop. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- 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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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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