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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Mat Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Mat 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%

“Mat 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 usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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