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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

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

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Computer assisted design software
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  • SAP software
  • R
  • IBM Notes
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS Inspection Planner
  • Cybermetrics GAGETrak
  • Cognex Vision AI
  • Statistical process control SPC data collection devices
  • Database software
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Apache Hive
  • Skype
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  • Data analysis software
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  • Verisurf CMM Master
  • Manufacturing defect analyzers MDA
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  • Digital multimeters
  • Frequency meters
  • Beta gauges
  • Shock testers
  • Digital voltmeters DVM
  • Signal generators
  • Radiographic flaw detectors
  • Function generators
  • Optical gauges
  • Resonance acceleration instruments
  • Hipot testers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Accelerometers
  • Penetrant flaw detectors
  • Thread gauges
  • Sorting machines
  • Creep and stress relaxation testers
  • Pin gauges
  • Power meters
  • Resistivity meters
  • Laser shearography flaw detectors
  • Impact hammers
  • Mass flow leak testers
  • Backplane testers
  • Piezoelectric acceleration instruments
  • Bit error rate testers BERT
  • Overhead cranes
  • Sampling oscilloscopes
  • Linear or mixed signal equipment
  • Vibration and shaker systems
  • Pi tapes
  • Direct current DC power testers
  • Utrasonic flaw detectors
  • Eddy current flaw detectors
  • Return loss calibrator RLC passive component testers
  • Optical comparators
  • Color spectrometers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Environmental chambers
  • Continuity testers
  • Digital resistance meters
  • Frequency counters
  • Bubble leak testers
  • Micrometers
  • Verisurf Master3DGage
  • Printed circuit board PCB testers
  • Capacitive acceleration instruments
  • Conductivity meters
  • Personal computers
  • Moisture meters
  • Logic test systems
  • Ammeters
  • Viscometers
  • Holographic interferometers
  • Measuring microscopes
  • Hardness testers
  • Height gauges
  • Plug gauges
  • Magnetic particle flaw detectors
  • Shear testers
  • Gloss meters
  • Forklifts
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Metallurgical microscopes
  • Plotters
  • Calipers
  • Eddy current probes
  • Fatigue testers
  • Impact toughness testers
  • Industrial bench scales
  • Digital resistance thermometers
  • Compression testers
  • In-circuit testers
  • Tensile testers
  • Resistance meters
  • Pulse generators
  • Verisurf 3Dgage
  • Magnetic induction acceleration instruments
  • Ductility testers
  • Multimeters
  • Strain gauges
  • Calorimetric leak testers
  • Depth gauges
  • Force transducers

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