Highway Maintenance Workers
O*NET-SOC 47-4051.00 · interest code RCS
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.
How this work is wired
O*NET rates every occupation 1-7 on six interest dimensions. This one leans Realistic — hands-on, physical, practical work with tools, machines, plants or animals — then Conventional and Social.
Preparation typically needed
Job Zone 2 — some preparation — usually a high-school diploma and a few months of training.