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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Timer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Timer” 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%

“Timer” 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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