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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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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