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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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

Technologies & Software

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

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