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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Test Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #290 of 702. Estimated risk: 48.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

46%

“Test 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%

“Test 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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications.

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

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

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

  • Finish vehicle instrumentation and deinstrumentation.

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

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  • GitHub Copilot
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
  • Bugzilla
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Job control language JCL
  • JavaScript
  • Perplexity AI
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Autodesk AI
  • JUnit
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
  • Vibration analysis software
  • Python
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Linux
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • SAP software
  • Microsoft Project
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Customer information control system CICS
  • UNIX
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • ANSYS AI Simulation
  • Debugging software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Computerized numerical control CNC software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Apache JMeter
  • Data acquisition software
  • AutoCAD AI
  • Oracle Java
  • Gemini Code Assist
  • Oracle Database
  • Word processing software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Selenium
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
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  • Depth micrometers
  • Coordinate measuring machines CMM
  • Steel rules
  • Vibration testers
  • Round files
  • Aviation snips
  • Hacksaws
  • Bubble emission inspection equipment
  • Flow meters
  • Welding torches
  • Open end wrenches
  • Body harnesses
  • Socket wrenches
  • Eddy current inspection equipment
  • Straight chisels
  • Scribers
  • Protractors
  • Scaffolding
  • Precision files
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  • Safety wire pliers
  • Pin punches
  • Impact hammers
  • Alignment squares
  • Allen wrenches
  • Air-supplying respirators
  • Torque wrenches
  • Shakers
  • Drive punches
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  • Snap gauges
  • Pyrotechnic initiators
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  • Fluorescent penetrant inspection equipment
  • Force transducers
  • Riveting tools
  • Dial calipers
  • Layout compasses
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Mallets
  • Gas arc welding equipment
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Flat files
  • Telescopes
  • Taper taps
  • Power screwdrivers
  • Multi-axis mills
  • Flat head screwdrivers
  • Electronic torque testers
  • Drill presses
  • Digital torque wrenches
  • Half-round files
  • Forklifts
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Reed and Prince screwdrivers
  • Shielded arc welding tools
  • Safety lanyards
  • Gamma ray testing equipment
  • Split dies
  • Straightedges
  • Go/no-go gauges
  • Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
  • Plug gauges
  • Digital calipers
  • Hydrasets
  • Safety goggles
  • Dividers
  • Prick punches
  • Soldering irons
  • Terminal computers
  • Hook spanner wrenches
  • Shot peening equipment
  • Knife files
  • Countersinks
  • Gauge blocks
  • Depth gauges
  • Vibration transducers
  • Plug taps
  • X ray inspection equipment
  • Skin mills
  • Planer gauges
  • Bleeder wrenches
  • Computerized numerical control CNC lathes
  • Brazing hearths
  • Telescoping gauges
  • Spring calipers
  • Paint booths
  • Wire crimpers
  • Mill files
  • Theodolites
  • Combination wrenches
  • Air drills
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Bottoming taps
  • Hand snips
  • Overhead cranes
  • Small hole gauges
  • Voltmeters
  • Torx drivers
  • Vertical turret lathes VTL
  • Twist drills
  • Thread gauges
  • Tri-squares
  • Lasers
  • Purifying respirators
  • Accelerometer sensors
  • Bench vises
  • Offset screwdrivers
  • Gantry mills
  • Center punches
  • Gyroscopes
  • Digital force gauges
  • Annealing ovens
  • Bore gauges
  • Thickness gauges
  • Accelerometers
  • Pressure gauges
  • Vernier calipers
  • Strain gauge balances
  • Dye penetrant inspection equipment
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  • Vibration tables
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  • V blocks
  • Aligning punches
  • Thermocouples
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  • Borescopes
  • Infrared inspection equipment