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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Traffic Control Specialist” 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 Specialist” 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 Specialist” 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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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