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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Repairer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Repairer” 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 Repairer” 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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