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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Laboratory Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Laboratory 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%

“Laboratory 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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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  • SAP software
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  • Database software
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  • Data analysis software
  • Design of experiments DOE software
  • Computer assisted design software
  • Selenium
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Extensible markup language XML
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  • Verisurf Metrology
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
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  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Function generators
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Ammeters
  • Continuity testers
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Overhead cranes
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Plug gauges
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Compression testers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Pi tapes
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Shear testers
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Personal computers
  • Frequency counters
  • Eddy current probes
  • Multimeters
  • Ductility testers
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Resistance meters
  • Hardness testers
  • Gloss meters
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Accelerometers
  • Fatigue testers
  • Shock testers
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Thread gauges
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Forklifts
  • Micrometers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Tensile testers
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • In-circuit testers
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Impact hammers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Pulse generators
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Optical comparators
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Power meters
  • Strain gauges
  • Optical gauges
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Signal generators
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Digital multimeters
  • Force transducers
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Color spectrometers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Logic test systems
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Depth gauges
  • Height gauges
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Environmental chambers
  • Moisture meters
  • Hipot testers
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Plotters
  • Sorting machines
  • Pin gauges
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Calipers
  • Frequency meters
  • Backplane testers
  • Viscometers
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