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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Maintenance Repairer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Maintenance Repairer” 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 Repairer” 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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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