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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Maker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Maker” 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 Maker” 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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