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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Tobacco Classer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Tobacco Classer” 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%

“Tobacco Classer” 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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Calipers
  • Plug gauges
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Gloss meters
  • Strain gauges
  • Optical comparators
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Laser thickness gauges
  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Viscometers
  • Multimeters
  • Micrometers
  • Frequency meters
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Resistivity meters
  • Force transducers
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Sorting machines
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Hipot testers
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Eddy current probes
  • Industrial bench scales
  • In-circuit testers
  • Resistance meters
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Impact hammers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Function generators
  • Optical gauges
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Null-balance acceleration instruments
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Pulse generators
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Conductivity meters
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Pi tapes
  • Environmental chambers
  • Moisture meters
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Depth gauges
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Power meters
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Accelerometers
  • Signal generators
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Fatigue testers
  • Backplane testers
  • Overhead cranes
  • Compression testers
  • Personal computers
  • Frequency counters
  • Plotters
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Tensile testers
  • Continuity testers
  • Shock testers
  • Ductility testers
  • Beta gauges
  • Shear testers
  • Digital multimeters
  • Pin gauges
  • Logic test systems
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Forklifts
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Height gauges
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Color spectrometers
  • Ammeters
  • Thread gauges
  • Hardness testers

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