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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Product Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Product 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%

“Product 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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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