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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“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%

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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