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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Barrel Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Barrel Tester” 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 56% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

54%

“Barrel Tester” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 54% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

Avg. Annual Salary $51,670
Avg. Hourly Wage $24.84
Available Jobs (US) 591,180
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers #51-9061
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Disassemble defective parts or components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges or measuring instruments.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes.

  • Grade, classify, or sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications.

  • Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.

  • Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.

  • Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators.

  • Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards.

  • Clean, maintain, calibrate, or repair measuring instruments or test equipment, such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, or height gauges.

  • Administer tests to assess whether engineers or operators are qualified to use equipment.

  • Monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products.

  • Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders, submitting discrepancy reports as necessary.

  • Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances.

  • Mark items with details, such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.

  • Inspect or test raw materials, parts, or products to determine compliance with environmental standards.

  • Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, or recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, or property owners.

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

  • Stack or arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging.

  • Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • Weigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities.

  • Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.

  • Remove defects, such as chips, burrs, or lap corroded or pitted surfaces.

  • Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.

  • Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.

  • Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.

  • Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.

  • Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments.

  • Analyze test data, making computations as necessary, to determine test results.

  • Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded.

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  • Siemens Industrial AI
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  • IBM Lotus Notes
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  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Statistical process control SPC data collection devices
  • Selenium
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  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Tolerance analysis software
  • Microsoft Visio
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  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
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  • Fatigue testers
  • Plotters
  • Strain gauges
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Sorting machines
  • Logic test systems
  • Shock testers
  • Environmental chambers
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Beta gauges
  • Hipot testers
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Personal computers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Micrometers
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Optical comparators
  • Forklifts
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Multimeters
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Optical gauges
  • Accelerometers
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Backplane testers
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Power meters
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Plug gauges
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Gloss meters
  • Frequency meters
  • Depth gauges
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Frequency counters
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Calipers
  • Shear testers
  • Color spectrometers
  • Hardness testers
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Pi tapes
  • Digital multimeters
  • Height gauges
  • Force transducers
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Function generators
  • Pulse generators
  • Thread gauges
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Pin gauges
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Ductility testers
  • Compression testers
  • Ammeters
  • Overhead cranes
  • Conductivity meters
  • Signal generators
  • Impact hammers
  • Moisture meters
  • Tensile testers
  • Viscometers
  • Resistivity meters
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Eddy current probes
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • In-circuit testers
  • Continuity testers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Industrial bench scales
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