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Elementary occupations · code 9613

Sweepers and related labourers

Sweepers and related labourers sweep and clean streets, parks, airports, stations and other public places. Tasks include - (a) sweeping streets, parks, airports, stations and similar public places; (b) shovelling snow; (c) beating dust out of carpets by using a carpet-beater; (d) cleaning rubbish, leaves and snow from driveways and grounds. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Park sweeper - Street sweeper

None of this job's tasks scored high enough to count. It ranks 12 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • street sweeper

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90.6
Holds up
against AI Not Exposed

AI could take on 9.4 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 9.4 = 90.6

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

This number is probably too high

This score only looks at AI tools like chatbots. It doesn't look at robots at all — and this is hands-on work, which is exactly where robots come in.

Have a look at the tasks below and judge for yourself. The ILO scored them low because a chatbot can't do them. Whether a machine with hands could is a different question, and we can't answer it yet.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 12.5, while the average is 9.4. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 12.5

    Cleaning rubbish, leaves and snow from driveways and grounds.

    Very Low
  2. 10.5

    Sweeping streets, parks, airports, stations and similar public places

    Very Low
  3. 8.8

    Beating dust out of carpets by using a carpet-beater

    Very Low
  4. 6

    Shovelling snow

    Very Low

4 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

One Australian job matches this one closely, so this is about as reliable as it gets here.

AI helps you
44
AI does it for you
15

Helping wins by 29 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 8116

Compared with similar jobs

There are 33 jobs in the “Elementary occupations” group, averaging 84.8. This one is above that.