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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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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