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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Lump Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Lump 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%

“Lump 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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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