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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Construction Flagger” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Construction Flagger” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 47% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

60%

“Construction Flagger” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 60% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Highway Maintenance Workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: 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.

Avg. Annual Salary $51,410
Avg. Hourly Wage $24.72
Available Jobs (US) 151,750
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Highway Maintenance Workers #47-4051
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Highway Maintenance Workers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.

  • Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.

  • Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Drive heavy equipment and vehicles with adjustable attachments to sweep debris from paved surfaces, mow grass and weeds, remove snow and ice, and spread salt and sand.

  • Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.

  • Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.

  • Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.

  • Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.

  • Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.

  • Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.

  • Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.

  • Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.

  • Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.

  • Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.

Technologies & Software

  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Web browser software
  • Database software
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Buildots AI
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Procore AI
  • Spreadsheet software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Two way radios
  • Sewer eels
  • Digger derricks
  • Forklifts
  • Pressure washers
  • Wheeled hydraulic booms
  • Gradalls
  • Heavy trucks
  • Catch basin vacuum cleaners
  • Screwdrivers
  • Pull type pavers
  • Tar kettles
  • Concrete paving vibrators
  • Windrow loaders
  • 8-ton dump trucks
  • Oil heating burners
  • Tanker trucks
  • Tar distributors
  • Shovels
  • Side-mount rotary mowers
  • Stump cutters
  • Multipurpose vacuum street sweepers
  • Bulldozers
  • Mounted pavement breakers
  • Machetes
  • Rotary snowplows
  • Boom trucks
  • Steam cleaning equipment
  • Hammers
  • Hydraulic excavators
  • Power broom street sweepers
  • Side dozers
  • Truck-mounted pavement striping machines
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Low boys
  • Swiss hammers
  • 13000-23000 pound graders
  • Dump trucks
  • Tow brooms
  • Weedeaters
  • Pavement grinders
  • Pothole excavation milling machines
  • Truck mounted excavators
  • Circuit testing equipment
  • Concrete saws
  • Four-wheel drive front end loaders
  • Theodolites
  • Harrows
  • Snowplows
  • Tractor disc attachments
  • Pneumatic tampers
  • Aggregate spreaders
  • Gas transporters
  • Tire chains
  • Push mowers
  • Picks
  • Cold planers
  • Berm drag tractors
  • Rock drills
  • Paint transfer pumps
  • Two-wheel drive front end loaders
  • Truck mounted cranes
  • 10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks
  • Epoxy guns
  • Pavement joint sealers
  • Generators
  • 30-ton clam buckets
  • Mud jacks
  • 10-ton crawlers
  • Graffiti removing lasers
  • Ditchers
  • Bituminous pavers
  • Self-propelled sweepers
  • Belly dump tractor trailers
  • Asphalt reclaimers
  • Athey loaders
  • Thermoplastic applicators
  • Rakes
  • Self-propelled cranes
  • Platform trucks
  • Medium pressure hydraulic pumps
  • Laydown machines
  • Flatbed trailers
  • Brush chippers
  • Power saws
  • Paint guns
  • Sand spreaders
  • Desktop computers
  • Air compressors
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Sewer cleaners
  • Concrete groovers
  • Graders
  • Laser printers
  • Vans
  • Towable barricades
  • Scaffolding
  • Water pumps
  • Pavement rollers
  • Water trucks
  • Chain saws
  • Paint mixers
  • Bush axes
  • Chip spreaders
  • Measuring wheels
  • Light trucks
  • Self-propelled road wideners
  • Snoopers
  • Computerized weed spray trucks
  • Seeders
  • Scissor trucks
  • Personal computers
  • Spades
  • Jackhammers
  • High-pressure hydraulic pumps
  • Sandblasters
  • Transport trucks
  • Draglines
  • Stone box spreaders
  • Compactors
  • Swinging stages
  • Portable welding equipment
  • Impact wrenches
  • Truck low-bed trailer combos
  • Rear flail mowers
  • Patch rollers less than 9 tons
  • Front end loaders
  • Rear brush hog mowers
  • Hole diggers/augers
  • Power screeds
  • Cherry pickers
  • Concrete mixers
  • Hydraulic spreaders
  • Pile drivers
  • Culvert cleaners
  • Tractor-mounted mowers
  • Snow blowers
  • Chemical sprayers
  • 4-6 ton roller patchers
  • Bucket trucks
  • Rock cutters

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