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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Capsule Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Capsule Inspector” 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%

“Capsule Inspector” 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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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  • Pin gauges
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  • Plotters
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