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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fabrication Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Fabrication 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%

“Fabrication 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Strain gauges
  • Impact hammers
  • Pi tapes
  • Digital multimeters
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  • Plug gauges
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  • Environmental chambers
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  • Frequency counters
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  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Ammeters
  • Overhead cranes
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Optical comparators
  • Continuity testers
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Depth gauges
  • Conductivity meters
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Forklifts
  • Ductility testers
  • Frequency meters
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Tensile testers
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Resistivity meters
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Calipers
  • Moisture meters
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
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  • Shear testers
  • Backplane testers
  • Micrometers
  • Compression testers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Thread gauges
  • Optical gauges
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Viscometers
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
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  • Multimeters
  • Plotters
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Shock testers
  • Height gauges
  • Pulse generators
  • Function generators
  • Resistance meters
  • Fatigue testers
  • In-circuit testers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Color spectrometers
  • Sorting machines
  • Beta gauges
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Gloss meters
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