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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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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