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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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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