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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Patcher” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Patcher” 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 Patcher” 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

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

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