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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Shadowgraph Scale Operator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Shadowgraph Scale Operator” 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%

“Shadowgraph Scale Operator” 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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