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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Hand Collator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Hand Collator” 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%

“Hand Collator” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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