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

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“Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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”.

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Tasks for “Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS)”

Perform roadside landscaping work, such as clearing weeds and brush, and planting and trimming trees.
Haul and spread sand, gravel, and clay to fill washouts and repair road shoulders.
Clean and clear debris from culverts, catch basins, drop inlets, ditches, and other drain structures.
Blend compounds to form adhesive mixtures used for marker installation.
Apply poisons along roadsides and in animal burrows to eliminate unwanted roadside vegetation and rodents.
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.
Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
Perform preventative maintenance on vehicles and heavy equipment.
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.
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.
Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement.
Drive trucks to transport crews and equipment to work sites.
Set out signs and cones around work areas to divert traffic.
Flag motorists to warn them of obstacles or repair work ahead.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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