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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Weld Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Weld Inspector” 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%

“Weld Inspector” 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 usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

Technologies & Software

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

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