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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Patroller” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Patroller” 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%

“Patroller” 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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