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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Dry Goods Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Dry Goods 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%

“Dry Goods 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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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