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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Flagger” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“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%

“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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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