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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Dowel Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Dowel 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%

“Dowel 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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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  • Apache Hive
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  • Computer assisted design software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
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  • Database software
  • Data entry software
  • Medical condition coding software
  • R
  • SAP software
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Tolerance analysis software
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  • Verisurf Metrology
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  • Data analysis software
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  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Optical comparators
  • Shock testers
  • Color spectrometers
  • Fatigue testers
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Environmental chambers
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Ammeters
  • Compression testers
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Function generators
  • Depth gauges
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Sorting machines
  • Hipot testers
  • Micrometers
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Moisture meters
  • Ductility testers
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Height gauges
  • Backplane testers
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Digital multimeters
  • Resistance meters
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Plug gauges
  • Conductivity meters
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Eddy current probes
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Frequency counters
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Logic test systems
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Thread gauges
  • Plotters
  • Gloss meters
  • Continuity testers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Calipers
  • In-circuit testers
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Impact hammers
  • Strain gauges
  • Hardness testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Pi tapes
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Optical gauges
  • Viscometers
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Force transducers
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Multimeters
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Accelerometers
  • Resistivity meters
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Personal computers
  • Shear testers
  • Signal generators
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Pulse generators
  • Frequency meters
  • Tensile testers
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Power meters
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Pin gauges
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
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  • Overhead cranes

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