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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Internal Combustion Engine Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Internal Combustion Engine 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%

“Internal Combustion Engine 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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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