Street Maintenance Worker

Job TitleEmployees in this class perform a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled manual labor tasks in the maintenance, and repair of streets.Essential Duties and TasksPerforms varied semi-skilled and unskilled tasks in maintaining and repairing City streets and driveways; prepares asphalt materials for resurfacing and patching; digs, pours and fills holes with shovel; spreads, brooms and tamps asphalt to smooth and pack.Hand grades potholes in streets, ditches, and gravel in driveways.Cleans storm drains, ditches and catch basins using rakes, shovels and hands; may use bush ax and weed eater to clean ditches and right of ways; mows, trims, and performs landscapes tasks in right of ways; uses pitch fork to pick up debris; carries arm loads of debris to the truck and/or to debris piles deep in the right of ways; uses leaf vacuum machine to get up leaves.Sets up safety cones and signs and flags traffic around work sites.Drives small cab trucks to haul to and from work sites to transport equipment and supplies; operates asphalt roller; air hammer, and other light to medium unskilled equipment.Cleans weeds and crabgrass from roadways shoulders using shovels to break weeds loose from cracks.Assists in erecting and or repairing road signs.Assists with trimming limbs overhanging streets or in right of way using pole saws and hand clippers; occasionally may use chain saw.Assists Street Maintenance Technician in concrete work; mixes concrete; hands tools; assists with building forms, pouring and smoothing concrete.May assist in sanitation by riding truck, picking up and connecting roll out garbage containers, and in water sewer with varied manual tasks in digging with shovels, laying pipes, etc.Puts up holiday decorations and banners along city streetsAdditional Job DutiesPerforms related duties as required.Typical QualificationsDesirable Education and Experience: High school graduation and some related experience.Special Requirements: Possession of a valid North Carolina driver's license.