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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Tester” 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%

“Tester” 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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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  • Microsoft Word
  • IBM Notes
  • Mastercam computer-aided design and manufacturing software
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Label inspection systems
  • Structured query language SQL
  • R
  • Microsoft Outlook
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  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
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  • Autodesk AutoCAD
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  • Skype
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
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  • Apache Pig
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  • In-circuit testers
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Compression testers
  • Frequency counters
  • Force transducers
  • Sorting machines
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Depth gauges
  • Pi tapes
  • Fatigue testers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Viscometers
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Resistivity meters
  • Function generators
  • Hardness testers
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Forklifts
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Backplane testers
  • Optical gauges
  • Strain gauges
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Moisture meters
  • Multimeters
  • Pulse generators
  • Logic test systems
  • Calipers
  • Impact hammers
  • Resistance meters
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Signal generators
  • Overhead cranes
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Micrometers
  • Ammeters
  • Ductility testers
  • Digital multimeters
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  • Frequency meters
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Continuity testers
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
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  • Plotters
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  • Holographic interferometers
  • Thread gauges
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Hipot testers
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Plug gauges
  • Power meters
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Verisurf CMM Master
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  • Pin gauges
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Tensile testers
  • Optical comparators
  • Shock testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Height gauges
  • Eddy current probes

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