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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Taster” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Taster” 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%

“Taster” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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