Will “Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

87% Chance of Automation

“Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)” 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 “Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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