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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Road Sign Installer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Road Sign Installer” 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 Sign Installer” 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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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