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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

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

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

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

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

  • 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 preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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