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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Flight Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #290 of 702. Estimated risk: 48.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

46%

“Flight Technician” will probably not 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 46% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

46%

“Flight Technician” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 46% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.

Avg. Annual Salary $86,330
Avg. Hourly Wage $41.50
Available Jobs (US) 9,060
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians #17-3021
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Record and interpret test data on parts, assemblies, and mechanisms.

  • Confer with engineering personnel regarding details and implications of test procedures and results.

  • Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.

  • Operate and calibrate computer systems and devices to comply with test requirements and to perform data acquisition and analysis.

  • Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications.

  • Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications.

  • Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.

  • Inspect, diagnose, maintain, and operate test setups and equipment to detect malfunctions.

  • Identify required data, data acquisition plans, and test parameters, setting up equipment to conform to these specifications.

  • Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.

  • Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment.

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  • Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
  • Inventory software
  • Word processing software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Debugging software
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  • Microsoft Excel
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  • Customer information control system CICS
  • Job control language JCL
  • JUnit
  • Linux
  • Computerized numerical control CNC software
  • UNIX
  • Microsoft Word
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  • Extensible markup language XML
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  • JavaScript
  • Apache JMeter
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  • Gantry mills
  • Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment
  • Overhead cranes
  • Telescoping gauges
  • Pressure gauges
  • Protractors
  • Gas arc welding equipment
  • Bore gauges
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Digital torque wrenches
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Safety goggles
  • Vibration tables
  • Precision files
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  • Allen wrenches
  • Tri-squares
  • Infrared inspection equipment
  • Welding torches
  • Depth gauges
  • Plug taps
  • Open end wrenches
  • Air drills
  • Body harnesses
  • Brazing equipment
  • Telescopes
  • Soldering irons
  • Skin mills
  • Reed and Prince screwdrivers
  • Safety lanyards
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  • Vibration transducers
  • Offset screwdrivers
  • Digital height gauges
  • Scaffolding
  • Paint booths
  • Vertical turret lathes VTL
  • Eddy current inspection equipment
  • Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
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  • Flow meters
  • Brazing hearths
  • Depth micrometers
  • Bubble emission inspection equipment
  • Hand snips
  • Split dies
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Thermocouples
  • Mallets
  • Hook spanner wrenches
  • Shakers
  • Gamma ray testing equipment
  • Power screwdrivers
  • Personal computers
  • Go/no-go gauges
  • Electronic torque testers
  • Pin punches
  • Box end wrenches
  • Prick punches
  • Dye penetrant inspection equipment
  • Shielded arc welding tools
  • Bottoming taps
  • Safety wire pliers
  • Combination wrenches
  • Riveting tools
  • Pyrotechnic initiators
  • Flat files
  • Theodolites
  • Ultrasonic inspection equipment
  • Aviation snips
  • Thickness gauges
  • Vixen files
  • Dial calipers
  • Round files
  • Vibration testers
  • Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
  • Micrometers
  • Thread gauges
  • Drill presses
  • Taper taps
  • Hacksaws
  • Soft face hammers
  • Knife files
  • Scribers
  • Layout compasses
  • Straightedges
  • Impact hammers
  • Snap gauges
  • Magnetic particle inspection equipment
  • Digital calipers
  • Hydrasets
  • Annealing ovens
  • Straight chisels
  • Steel rules
  • Dividers
  • Bench vises
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  • Small hole gauges
  • Purifying respirators
  • Accelerometer sensors
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Terminal computers
  • Gyroscopes
  • Vernier calipers
  • Flat head screwdrivers
  • Half-round files
  • Accelerometers
  • Wire crimpers
  • Voltmeters
  • Forklifts
  • Multi-axis mills
  • Torque wrenches
  • Borescopes
  • Shot peening equipment
  • Countersinks
  • V blocks
  • Aligning punches
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Alignment squares
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  • Force transducers
  • Drive punches
  • Twist drills
  • Planer gauges
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  • Mill files
  • Bleeder wrenches
  • Digital force gauges
  • Lasers