Typical Work ActivitiesLaborers perform a wide variety of routine manual activities under supervision including, but not limited to the following:Removes trash, animal carcasses, and rock fall from roadways and rights of way; cleans drainage ditches of ice and other obstructions; does manual work in resurfacing roadways including breaking up surfaces with hand or power tools and mixing and spreading a variety of paving material; controls traffic on highway maintenance and construction projects; shovels sand and salt on icy pavements and cleans snow and ice from roadways; operates snow plow wings; installs, repairs and paints guardrails; sets up and takes down snow fencing; cuts grass, brush and trees using hand tools and powered equipment. Performs a variety of woods, field and stream related work including cutting trees and brush, clearing trails, building and maintaining of park roads, dams, marsh ponds, dikes, and flood structures by clearing brush and trees, digging trenches, filling holes, and performing like manual tasks; does rough carpentry and painting; maintains grounds including mowing grass, cleaning catch basins, shoveling snow, removing refuse, and excavating for repair of water, stream, and drainage lines.