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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Traffic Control Laborer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Traffic Control Laborer” 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%

“Traffic Control Laborer” 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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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