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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Transportation Worker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #511 of 702. Estimated risk: 87.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

47%

“Transportation Worker” 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 Worker” 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.

  • 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.

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

  • Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.

Technologies & Software

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

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