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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Set Up Mold Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #587 of 702. Estimated risk: 93.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

51%

“Set Up Mold Technician” 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%

“Set Up Mold Technician” 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

  • Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • Machine control software
  • Tapered feeler gauges
  • Variable speed routers
  • Metal band sawing machines
  • Forging dies
  • Portable anvils
  • Metal cutting routers
  • Electric overhead traveling EOT cranes
  • Power sanders
  • Gas furnaces
  • Forging tongs
  • Sheet metal shearing machines
  • Flanging machines
  • Face shields
  • Turret punches
  • Magnifying glasses
  • Power riveters
  • Layout squares
  • Hand mallets
  • Bevel protractors
  • Drill presses
  • Shears
  • Sheet metal rolls
  • Beam type torque wrenches
  • Hammer forging machinery
  • Hydraulic roll forging machines
  • Bench grinders
  • Straight tinners snips
  • Stationary drill presses
  • Automatic conveyors
  • Protective shoes
  • Hydraulic drop forging hammers
  • Slotted screwdrivers
  • Protective ear plugs
  • Digital micrometers
  • Hydraulic forging presses
  • Automatic roll forging machines
  • Safety gloves
  • Punch presses
  • Band cutters
  • Precision rulers
  • Planishing hammers
  • Pneumatic power drills
  • Blanking presses
  • Vernier calipers
  • Sheet metal press brakes
  • Disc grinders
  • Radial gauges
  • Hydraulic trim presses
  • Safety goggles
  • Mechanical forging presses
  • Hoisting devices
  • Oil furnaces
  • Power nibblers

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