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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Sorter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Sorter” 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%

“Sorter” 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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