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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Sample Selector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Sample Selector” 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%

“Sample Selector” 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.

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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