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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Quick Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Quick Technician” 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%

“Quick Technician” 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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