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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “CNC Milling Operator (Computer Numerical Control Milling 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 Milling Operator (Computer Numerical Control Milling 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 Milling Operator (Computer Numerical Control Milling 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

  • Make templates or cutting tools.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Record production output.

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

Technologies & Software

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  • G-code
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  • Kentech machine shop software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • M-code
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • EditCNC
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • SWIVEL Software
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Mastercam computer-aided design and manufacturing software
  • DeepSeek
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Siemens Solid Edge
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Pin gauge sets
  • Grease dispensers
  • Protective safety glasses
  • Drop indicators
  • Inside digital ID micrometers
  • Automatic tool changers
  • Hand grinders
  • Adjustable spanner wrenches
  • Outside digital OD micrometers
  • Lapping tools
  • Multipurpose screwdrivers
  • Coolant chillers
  • Horizontal boring mills
  • Precision rules
  • Electronic edge finders
  • Machine deburring tools
  • Industrial bench grinders
  • Wheeled forklifts
  • Digital calipers
  • Fillet gauges
  • Dial calipers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Precision milling vises
  • Vertical milling machines
  • Polishing tools
  • Vertical machining centers VMC
  • Tool probes
  • Digital height gauges
  • Bore gauges
  • Mechanical edge finders
  • Drill presses
  • Height setters
  • End mills
  • Allen wrench sets
  • Soft jaws
  • Setting jigs
  • Desktop computers
  • Overhead cranes
  • Collet chucks
  • Horizontal milling machines
  • Vernier calipers
  • Power hoists
  • Mechanical comparators
  • Layout compasses
  • Coaxial indicators
  • Center finders
  • Metal shears
  • Crescent wrenches
  • Metal planers
  • Digital bench scales
  • Metal cutters
  • Computer numerical control CNC milling machines
  • Turret lathes
  • Wire cleaning brushes
  • Height gauges
  • Boring bars

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