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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “CNC Licensed Mill Operator (Computer Numerical Control Licensed Mill Operator)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #678 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“CNC Licensed Mill Operator (Computer Numerical Control Licensed Mill 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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

62%

“CNC Licensed Mill Operator (Computer Numerical Control Licensed Mill 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 62% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Milling and Planing 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 milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Avg. Annual Salary $52,940
Avg. Hourly Wage $25.45
Available Jobs (US) 13,810
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic #51-4035
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Verify alignment of workpieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.

  • Position and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.

  • Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.

  • Record production output.

  • Observe milling or planing machine operation, and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.

  • Select and install cutting tools and other accessories according to specifications, using hand tools or power tools.

  • Move cutters or material manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to mill workpieces to specifications.

  • Make templates or cutting tools.

  • Select cutting speeds, feed rates, and depths of cuts, applying knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

  • Turn valves or pull levers to start and regulate the flow of coolant or lubricant to work areas.

  • Mount attachments and tools, such as pantographs, engravers, or routers, to perform other operations, such as drilling or boring.

  • Replace worn tools, using hand tools, and sharpen dull tools, using bench grinders.

  • Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.

  • Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and workpieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.

  • Compute dimensions, tolerances, and angles of workpieces or machines according to specifications and knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

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  • Drop indicators
  • Outside digital OD micrometers
  • Mechanical edge finders
  • Metal shears
  • Boring bars
  • End mills
  • Fillet gauges
  • Overhead cranes
  • Lapping tools
  • Metal planers
  • Protective safety glasses
  • Electronic edge finders
  • Tool probes
  • Machine deburring tools
  • Metal cutters
  • Coaxial indicators
  • Computer numerical control CNC milling machines
  • Setting jigs
  • Drill presses
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Center finders
  • Desktop computers
  • Mechanical comparators
  • Layout compasses
  • Soft jaws
  • Digital calipers
  • Digital bench scales
  • Power hoists
  • Dial calipers
  • Coolant chillers
  • Vertical milling machines
  • Height gauges
  • Precision milling vises
  • Collet chucks
  • Bore gauges
  • Horizontal boring mills
  • Turret lathes
  • Allen wrench sets
  • Polishing tools
  • Hand grinders
  • Adjustable spanner wrenches
  • Horizontal milling machines
  • Industrial bench grinders
  • Multipurpose screwdrivers
  • Wire cleaning brushes
  • Digital height gauges
  • Inside digital ID micrometers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Automatic tool changers
  • Precision rules
  • Grease dispensers
  • Height setters
  • Crescent wrenches
  • Wheeled forklifts
  • Vertical machining centers VMC
  • Pin gauge sets

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