Highway Maintenance Worker I - Small Equipment Operator (61033890) - State of South Carolina

Performs a variety of vegetation management activities using equipment such as powered hand tools (i.e., chainsaws, weed eaters, and backpack herbicide sprayers, etc.)  Performs manual labor to assist with installing and repairing catch basins and other drainage structures and placing drainage pipes.  Assists with placing traffic control devices to properly set up a maintenance work zone.  Serves as flagger to safely direct and control traffic in maintenance activities.  Picks up litter, debris, and dead animals.  Operates small equipment such as dump truck, powered tools, and hand tools to perform a variety of maintenance activities.  Assists in emergency and inclement weather operations; may include being available for extended working hours or 12-hour shifts.  Operates a dump truck with snowplow and spreader.  Performs other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.