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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Separator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Separator” 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%

“Separator” 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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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