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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

  • 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 oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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  • Gas transporters
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  • Hole diggers/augers
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  • Push mowers
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  • Two-wheel drive front end loaders
  • Bush axes
  • Spades
  • Bulldozers
  • Pavement joint sealers
  • Pavement rollers
  • Sewer eels
  • Picks
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  • Windrow loaders
  • Impact wrenches
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  • Platform trucks
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  • Cold planers
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  • Snoopers
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  • Screwdrivers
  • Snowplows
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  • Sandblasters
  • Laser printers
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  • Brush chippers
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  • Water trucks
  • Tire chains
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  • Hydraulic excavators
  • Dump trucks
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  • Cherry pickers
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  • Shovels
  • Gradalls
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  • Tar kettles
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  • Front end loaders
  • Side dozers
  • 10-ton tandem-axle dump trucks
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  • Snow blowers
  • Tractor disc attachments
  • Compactors
  • Asphalt reclaimers
  • Measuring wheels
  • Power saws
  • Graders
  • 30-ton clam buckets
  • Self-propelled road wideners
  • Vans
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  • Belly dump tractor trailers
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  • Rock drills
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  • Truck low-bed trailer combos
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