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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Hardness Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Hardness 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%

“Hardness 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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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  • Resistance meters
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  • Vibration and shaker systems
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  • Thread gauges
  • Plug gauges
  • Power meters
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Signal generators
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Shock testers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Force transducers
  • Depth gauges
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Accelerometers
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  • Calipers
  • Frequency meters
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Frequency counters
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Overhead cranes
  • Plotters
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Height gauges
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Logic test systems
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Multimeters
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  • Optical comparators
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Micrometers
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  • Bit error rate testers BERT
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  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Function generators
  • Optical gauges
  • Shear testers
  • Pi tapes
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Impact hammers
  • Pin gauges
  • Fatigue testers
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Backplane testers
  • Ammeters
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Eddy current probes
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Strain gauges
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
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  • Metallurgical microscopes
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