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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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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  • Optical comparators
  • Conductivity meters
  • Gloss meters
  • Tensile testers
  • Hipot testers
  • Accelerometers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Forklifts
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Frequency meters
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Frequency counters
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Resistance meters
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Height gauges
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Environmental chambers
  • Power meters
  • Optical gauges
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Multimeters
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • In-circuit testers
  • Strain gauges
  • Pin gauges
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Shock testers
  • Logic test systems
  • Shear testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Plotters
  • Eddy current probes
  • Micrometers
  • Pulse generators
  • Depth gauges
  • Impact hammers
  • Sorting machines
  • Fatigue testers
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Signal generators
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  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Force transducers
  • Function generators
  • Metallurgical microscopes
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  • Ammeters
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  • Calipers
  • Pi tapes
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  • Ductility testers
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  • Mass flow leak testers
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  • Penetrant flaw detectors
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  • Holographic interferometers
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  • Plug gauges
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Resistivity meters
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Thread gauges
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Moisture meters
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Digital multimeters
  • Color spectrometers
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