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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Materials Handling Equipment Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Materials Handling Equipment Operator” 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%

“Materials Handling Equipment Operator” 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 poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

Technologies & Software

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

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