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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wire Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Wire 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%

“Wire 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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Analyze test data, making computations as necessary, to determine test 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, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.

Technologies & Software

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

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