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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Crew Member” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Crew Member” 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 Crew Member” 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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker 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.

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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