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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Builder” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Builder” 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%

“Road Builder” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • 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 markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

Technologies & Software

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

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