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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 defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators.

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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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