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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Hydraulic Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #587 of 702. Estimated risk: 93.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Hydraulic Operator” 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 51% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

60%

“Hydraulic Operator” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 60% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Forging 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 forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

Avg. Annual Salary $50,900
Avg. Hourly Wage $24.47
Available Jobs (US) 8,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic #51-4022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.

  • Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.

  • Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.

  • Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.

  • Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.

  • Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.

  • Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.

  • Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.

  • Sharpen cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinders.

  • Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.

  • Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.

  • Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops, and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.

  • Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal.

Technologies & Software

  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • DeepSeek
  • Sight Machine AI
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Inventory tracking software
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Email software
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Cognex Vision AI
  • Machine control software
  • Band cutters
  • Hoisting devices
  • Power sanders
  • Gas furnaces
  • Safety gloves
  • Beam type torque wrenches
  • Safety goggles
  • Layout squares
  • Sheet metal press brakes
  • Forging tongs
  • Protective shoes
  • Stationary drill presses
  • Portable anvils
  • Straight tinners snips
  • Protective ear plugs
  • Radial gauges
  • Drill presses
  • Shears
  • Sheet metal rolls
  • Electric overhead traveling EOT cranes
  • Variable speed routers
  • Pneumatic power drills
  • Flanging machines
  • Hammer forging machinery
  • Blanking presses
  • Automatic roll forging machines
  • Slotted screwdrivers
  • Power riveters
  • Hydraulic trim presses
  • Hydraulic roll forging machines
  • Punch presses
  • Power nibblers
  • Hand mallets
  • Automatic conveyors
  • Vernier calipers
  • Digital micrometers
  • Metal cutting routers
  • Bench grinders
  • Hydraulic forging presses
  • Planishing hammers
  • Precision rulers
  • Metal band sawing machines
  • Magnifying glasses
  • Oil furnaces
  • Bevel protractors
  • Tapered feeler gauges
  • Turret punches
  • Hydraulic drop forging hammers
  • Disc grinders
  • Sheet metal shearing machines
  • Forging dies
  • Face shields
  • Mechanical forging presses

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