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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Maintenance Aide” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Maintenance Aide” 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%

“Maintenance Aide” 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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