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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Rod Pointer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #560 of 702. Estimated risk: 91.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

52%

“Rod Pointer” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 52% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

61%

“Rod Pointer” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 61% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Avg. Annual Salary $48,170
Avg. Hourly Wage $23.16
Available Jobs (US) 65,700
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic #51-4021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.

  • Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.

  • Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.

  • Clean work areas.

  • Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.

  • Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.

  • Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.

  • Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.

  • Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.

  • Maintain an inventory of materials.

  • Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.

  • Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.

  • Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.

  • Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.

  • Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.

  • Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.

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  • Extrusion pullers
  • Plate conveyors
  • Digital calipers
  • Sheet extruders
  • Blown film extruders
  • Pellet classifiers
  • Variable impact testers
  • Die holders
  • Automatic vacuum pumps
  • Sheet stackers
  • Burst testers
  • Hot log shears
  • Jacket extruder
  • Batch dryers
  • Steam controls
  • Nip rolls
  • Wheeled forklifts
  • Die changers
  • Dummy blocks
  • Electrical panel boards
  • Packaging hoppers
  • Tubing extruders
  • Twin screw extruders
  • Billet heating furnaces
  • Injection molding machines
  • Production counters
  • Roller conveyors
  • Die slides
  • Extrusion press conveyors
  • Snap gauges
  • Digital micrometers
  • Plastic profile extrusion dies
  • Lubrication systems
  • Ribbon blenders
  • Pin gauge sets
  • Paddle blenders
  • Braiders
  • Air cooling systems
  • Billet loaders
  • Metal bending mandrels
  • Single screw extruders
  • Conveyor augers
  • Desktop computers
  • Plastic film extrusion dies
  • Industrial floor scales
  • Sigma blade mixers
  • Plastic sheet extrusion dies
  • Metal shearing machines
  • Ring gauges
  • Slat conveyors
  • Die shuffles
  • Horizontal cooling tanks
  • Dye water tank farm systems
  • Measuring tapes
  • Two-roll mills
  • Wire drawing machines

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