The responsibilities of a Mate are: 

a. Supervise worksites. 

b. Record daily attendance in muster roll. 

c. Give mark-outs at the worksite before beginning the work. 

d. Take measurement at the end of the day. 

e. Update entries in the job cards. 

f. Facilitate applications for job cards and submit them to the GP. 

g. Facilitate demand for work from individual workers or groups of labourers, submit them to GP and obtain dated receipt as acknowledgement. 

h. Facilitate participatory identification of works in the GP. 

i. Ensure there is no free-riding within his/her group of workers. 

j. Submit filled-in muster rolls to GRS. 

k. Ensure that the first aid box with adequate material for emergency treatment for minor injuries and other health hazards connected with the work being executed are available at the worksite. 

l. Help illiterate labourers in his/her group to learn to sign and to calculate wages earned. 

m. Create awareness about rights and entitlements under the MGNREGA.