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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Cold Working Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Cold Working 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%

“Cold Working 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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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