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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fabricator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #342 of 702. Estimated risk: 61.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

52%

“Fabricator” 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 52% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

61%

“Fabricator” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 61% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.

Avg. Annual Salary $49,270
Avg. Hourly Wage $23.69
Available Jobs (US) 36,290
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders #51-4122
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Record operational information on specified production reports.

  • Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.

  • Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.

  • Anneal finished workpieces to relieve internal stress.

  • Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.

  • Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.

  • Compute and record settings for new work, applying knowledge of metal properties, principles of welding, and shop mathematics.

  • Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.

  • Start, monitor, and adjust robotic welding production lines.

  • Select torch tips, alloys, flux, coil, tubing, or wire, according to metal types or thicknesses, data charts, or records.

  • Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.

  • Set up, operate, or tend welding machines that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.

  • Dress electrodes, using tip dressers, files, emery cloths, or dressing wheels.

  • Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.

  • Add chemicals or materials to workpieces or machines to facilitate bonding or to cool workpieces.

  • Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.

  • Devise or build fixtures or jigs used to hold parts in place during welding, brazing, or soldering.

  • Tend auxiliary equipment used in welding processes.

  • Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.

  • Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.

  • Set dials and timing controls to regulate electrical current, gas flow pressure, heating or cooling cycles, or shut-off.

  • Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heat-treat, or solder fabricated metal components.

  • Prepare metal surfaces or workpieces, using hand-operated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.

  • Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.

  • Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.

  • Select, position, align, and bolt jigs, holding fixtures, guides, or stops onto machines, using measuring instruments and hand tools.

  • Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.

  • Load or feed workpieces into welding machines to join or bond components.

  • Fill hoppers and position spouts to direct flow of flux or manually brush flux onto seams of workpieces.

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  • Undercut gauges
  • Welding tip cleaning files
  • Hand scrapers
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
  • Welding robots
  • Rulers
  • Workpiece positioning jigs
  • Micrometers
  • Soldering machines
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Center punches
  • Slip joint pliers
  • Product loading equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Chipping hammers
  • Hydraulic winches
  • Spot welding guns
  • Resistance welding guns
  • Face masks
  • Safety gloves
  • Diffusion-welding machines
  • Heating furnaces
  • Walk-behind lift trucks
  • Fillet weld gauges
  • Soldering robots
  • Portable welding machines
  • Laser-beam machines
  • Brazing machines
  • Hand clamps
  • Power hoists
  • Dial calipers
  • Gas welding torches
  • Computerized numerical control CNC oxy-fuel systems
  • Arc welding equipment
  • Laser cutters
  • Welding electrodes
  • Outside micrometer calipers
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Claw hammers
  • Tongs
  • Vise grip pliers
  • Cold-welding machines
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Side cutting pliers
  • Vernier micrometers
  • Welding helmets
  • Resistance welding machines
  • Layout squares
  • Bench vises
  • Safety goggles
  • Wire brushes
  • Welding torch tips
  • Welding tip dressers
  • Power grinders
  • Hydraulic booms
  • Magnifiers
  • C clamps
  • Measuring tapes
  • Brazing robots

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