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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wood Treating Inspector” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #670 of 702. Estimated risk: 98.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

56%

“Wood Treating 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%

“Wood Treating 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.

  • Position products, components, or parts for testing.

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

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

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

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

  • Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.

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

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

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

  • Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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