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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Production Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Production 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%

“Production 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Height gauges
  • Optical gauges
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  • Strain gauges
  • Pulse generators
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Plotters
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  • Plug gauges
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  • Holographic interferometers
  • Accelerometers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
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  • Sorting machines
  • Moisture meters
  • Calipers
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Thread gauges
  • Micrometers
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Force transducers
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Fatigue testers
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Gloss meters
  • Environmental chambers
  • Overhead cranes
  • In-circuit testers
  • Power meters
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Shear testers
  • Frequency counters
  • Depth gauges
  • Forklifts
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Impact hammers
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Ammeters
  • Resistivity meters
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Optical comparators
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Conductivity meters
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  • Function generators
  • Eddy current probes
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  • Frequency meters
  • Tensile testers
  • Backplane testers
  • Viscometers
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
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  • Hipot testers
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Digital multimeters
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Multimeters
  • Hardness testers
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Ductility testers
  • Color spectrometers
  • Shock testers
  • Continuity testers
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  • Pin gauges
  • Beta gauges
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA

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