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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Equipment Operator (EO)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Equipment Operator (EO)” 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%

“Equipment Operator (EO)” 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

Technologies & Software

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

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