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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Snow Plow Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Snow Plow Operator” 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%

“Snow Plow Operator” 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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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