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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Manufacturing Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #678 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Manufacturing 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%

“Manufacturing 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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Record production output.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Make templates or cutting tools.

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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