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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Mender” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Mender” 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 Mender” 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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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