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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Oiler” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Oiler” 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 Oiler” 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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • 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.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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