AI exposure: Parking Enforcement Workers
Patrol assigned area, such as public parking lot or city streets to issue tickets to overtime parking violators and illegally parked vehicles.
Reading this score
computedParking Enforcement Workers is one of the unusual cases where capability and friction are both high. Current systems can produce a great deal of this work, with average capability across its tasks at 2.1 out of 4. Only 28.5% of the weighted task load comes out as exposed, because 23.7% of it runs into something structural. Jobs in this band tend not to disappear. They change shape, and the person stays.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 20 tasks it averages 2.11 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Mark tires of parked vehicles with chalk and record time of marking, and return at regular..., at 86.7%. The least is Provide assistance to motorists needing help with problems, at 0.0%. A gap of 86.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within protective service occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 26 roles in the group is 18.3%, and only 3 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 20 tasks, 7 are currently banded exposed, 6 assisted and 7 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.08 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 1.43 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 1.82 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.27 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.11 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.75 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Roles in this band tend to change shape rather than disappear. The output gets drafted faster and the person moves toward review, judgment and accountability. The useful question is not whether to use these tools but who is trusted to sign off on what they produce.
Task by task
20 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark tires of parked vehicles with chalk and record time of marking, and return at regular intervals to ensure that parking time limits are not exceeded. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 3.22 | exposed |
| Enter and retrieve information pertaining to vehicle registration, identification, and status, using hand-held computers. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.67 | exposed |
| Prepare and maintain required records, including logs of parking enforcement activities, and records of contested citations. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.36 | exposed |
| Provide information to the public regarding parking regulations and facilities, and the location of streets, buildings and points of interest. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.77 | exposed |
| Investigate and answer complaints regarding contested parking citations, determining their validity and routing them appropriately. | 46.7% | 28.3% | 25.0% | 3.45 | exposed |
| Maintain close communications with dispatching personnel, using two-way radios or cell phones. | 30.0% | 45.0% | 25.0% | 4.35 | assisted |
| Maintain assigned equipment and supplies, such as hand-held citation computers, citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk, and street cones. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 3.91 | exposed |
| Respond to and make radio dispatch calls regarding parking violations and complaints. | 30.0% | 45.0% | 25.0% | 3.80 | assisted |
| Perform simple vehicle maintenance procedures, such as checking oil and gas, and report mechanical problems to supervisors. | 30.0% | 45.0% | 25.0% | 3.47 | assisted |
| Train new or temporary staff. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.31 | exposed |
| Assign and review the work of subordinates. | 25.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 2.40 | assisted |
| Identify vehicles in violation of parking codes, checking with dispatchers when necessary to confirm identities or to determine whether vehicles need to be booted or towed. | 16.7% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 4.25 | assisted |
| Observe and report hazardous conditions, such as missing traffic signals or signs, and street markings that need to be repainted. | 13.3% | 36.7% | 50.0% | 3.69 | assisted |
| Make arrangements for illegally parked or abandoned vehicles to be towed, and direct tow-truck drivers to the correct vehicles. | 11.2% | 26.2% | 62.5% | 3.73 | untouched |
| Locate lost, stolen, and counterfeit parking permits, and take necessary enforcement action. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 3.04 | untouched |
| Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.26 | untouched |
| Write warnings and citations for illegally parked vehicles. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.25 | untouched |
| Appear in court at hearings regarding contested traffic citations. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.16 | untouched |
| Perform traffic control duties such as setting up barricades and temporary signs, placing bags on parking meters to limit their use, or directing traffic or pedestrians. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.37 | untouched |
| Provide assistance to motorists needing help with problems, such as flat tires, keys locked in cars, or dead batteries. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 2.56 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
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The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.