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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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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