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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Power Plant Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Power Plant 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%

“Power Plant 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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