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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Oil Spreader Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Oil Spreader 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%

“Oil Spreader 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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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