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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Transportation Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Transportation Technician” 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%

“Transportation Technician” 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

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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 markers to verify accurate installation.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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