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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Drop Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Drop Tester” 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%

“Drop Tester” 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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  • Cybermetrics GAGETrak
  • Skype
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  • Atlassian JIRA
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  • IBM Lotus Notes
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  • Statistical process control SPC data collection devices
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Grok (xAI)
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  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Computer assisted design software
  • Minitab
  • Apache Hive
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Inspection marking systems
  • Data entry software
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  • Apache Pig
  • Data analysis software
  • ABB AI Robotics
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  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Selenium
  • Label inspection systems
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  • FileMaker Pro
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  • Conductivity meters
  • Height gauges
  • Color spectrometers
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Digital multimeters
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Frequency counters
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Impact hammers
  • Gloss meters
  • Fatigue testers
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Optical gauges
  • Tensile testers
  • Micrometers
  • Forklifts
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Thread gauges
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Hardness testers
  • Optical comparators
  • Shock testers
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Strain gauges
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Environmental chambers
  • Power meters
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Resistivity meters
  • Accelerometers
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Plug gauges
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Eddy current probes
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Pin gauges
  • Multimeters
  • Pi tapes
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Force transducers
  • Viscometers
  • Moisture meters
  • Ductility testers
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Beta gauges
  • Signal generators
  • Function generators
  • Resistance meters
  • Personal computers
  • Hipot testers
  • Plotters
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Continuity testers
  • Shear testers
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Compression testers
  • Ammeters
  • Backplane testers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Frequency meters
  • Calipers
  • Sorting machines
  • In-circuit testers
  • Depth gauges
  • Logic test systems

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