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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

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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