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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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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