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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Pipe Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Pipe Tester” 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%

“Pipe Tester” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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  • Cognex Vision AI
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • Mastercam computer-aided design and manufacturing software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS Inspection Planner
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Data entry software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Access
  • Structured query language SQL
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  • Selenium
  • Skype
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Visio
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Microsoft SharePoint
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  • Microsoft Word
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  • Apache Hive
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  • Accelerometers
  • Function generators
  • Continuity testers
  • Moisture meters
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Multimeters
  • Beta gauges
  • Direct current DC power testers
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  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Gloss meters
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Plotters
  • Viscometers
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Calipers
  • Signal generators
  • Power meters
  • Height gauges
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
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  • Pin gauges
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  • Eddy current probes
  • Tensile testers
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Ammeters
  • Shear testers
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  • Conductivity meters
  • Digital multimeters
  • Resistance meters
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  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Logic test systems
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  • Frequency meters
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  • Sampling oscilloscopes
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  • Pi tapes
  • Plug gauges
  • Optical gauges
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
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  • Holographic interferometers
  • Frequency counters
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
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