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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Hot Oiler” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Hot Oiler” 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%

“Hot Oiler” 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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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