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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Cigarette Catcher” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Cigarette Catcher” 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%

“Cigarette Catcher” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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