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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Paper Counter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Paper Counter” 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%

“Paper Counter” 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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