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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Traffic Controller” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Traffic Controller” 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 Controller” 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

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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