Will “Road Mender” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

87% Chance of Automation

“Road Mender” will probably be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #511 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement, repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road or plow snow from roadway.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-4051.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 39,540.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
Currently, there are 143,320 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Highway Maintenance Workers”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Road Mender”

Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
Measure and mark locations for installation of markers, using tape, string, or chalk.
Remove litter and debris from roadways, including debris from rock and mud slides.
Apply oil to road surfaces, using sprayers.
Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
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.
Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.
Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
Inspect markers to verify accurate installation.
Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
Paint traffic control lines and place pavement traffic messages, by hand or using machines.
Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Web browser software
Word processing software
Microsoft Excel
Database software
Spreadsheet software