How to become a motorised sweeper operator

Official title: Motorised sweeper operator

Also called: Mechanical sweeper driver, Motorised sweeper machine operator, Ÿ Mechanical sweeper driver

Motorised sweeper operator operates and monitors mobile machinery to clean roads and pavements, and perform other duties to ensure public cleanliness.

Main tasks

• Operating and monitoring mobile machinery to sweep the roads

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a motorised sweeper operator?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026