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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Needle Grader” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Needle Grader” 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%

“Needle Grader” 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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

Technologies & Software

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

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