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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Bone Picker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Bone Picker” 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%

“Bone Picker” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Computer assisted design software
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Tolerance analysis software
  • Coordinate measuring machine software
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Llama (Meta)
  • IBM Notes
  • Data entry software
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS Inspection Planner
  • Cybermetrics GAGETrak
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Verisurf Metrology
  • Skype
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Data analysis software
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Label inspection systems
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • DeepSeek
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Sight Machine AI
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Minitab
  • Mastercam Design
  • Mastercam computer-aided design and manufacturing software
  • R
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Selenium
  • Apache Pig
  • Computer-aided inspection software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Microsoft Access
  • Inspection marking systems
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Hardness testers
  • Thread gauges
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Logic test systems
  • Function generators
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Plotters
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Hipot testers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Overhead cranes
  • Gloss meters
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Frequency meters
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Forklifts
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Ammeters
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Backplane testers
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Force transducers
  • Ductility testers
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Pin gauges
  • Accelerometers
  • Optical comparators
  • Frequency counters
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Viscometers
  • Resistivity meters
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Personal computers
  • Fatigue testers
  • Environmental chambers
  • Shock testers
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Micrometers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Resistance meters
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Shear testers
  • Sorting machines
  • Impact hammers
  • Plug gauges
  • Color spectrometers
  • Compression testers
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Digital multimeters
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Power meters
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Pulse generators
  • Tensile testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Height gauges
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Depth gauges
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Pi tapes
  • Continuity testers
  • Moisture meters
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Calipers
  • Optical gauges
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Eddy current probes
  • Multimeters
  • Strain gauges
  • In-circuit testers
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Signal generators

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