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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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  • Label inspection systems
  • Coordinate measuring machine software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • SAP software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Tolerance analysis software
  • Selenium
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Design of experiments DOE software
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • FileMaker Pro
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  • Data entry software
  • Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS Inspection Planner
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  • Data analysis software
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  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Ductility testers
  • Shear testers
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Function generators
  • Ammeters
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Eddy current probes
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Shock testers
  • Color spectrometers
  • Tensile testers
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Pi tapes
  • Digital multimeters
  • Hardness testers
  • Hipot testers
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Height gauges
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Power meters
  • Strain gauges
  • Micrometers
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Personal computers
  • Logic test systems
  • Pin gauges
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Calipers
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Overhead cranes
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • In-circuit testers
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Viscometers
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Compression testers
  • Environmental chambers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Signal generators
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Impact hammers
  • Sorting machines
  • Optical gauges
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Accelerometers
  • Frequency meters
  • Thread gauges
  • Force transducers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Multimeters
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Fatigue testers
  • Optical comparators
  • Plotters
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Beta gauges
  • Plug gauges
  • Resistance meters
  • Depth gauges
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Pulse generators
  • Continuity testers
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Frequency counters
  • Forklifts
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Backplane testers
  • Resistivity meters
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Moisture meters
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Gloss meters
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Impact toughness testers

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