Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
51-9061.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersSOC 51-9061.00
88% · agent
85% · agent
82% · agent
78% · agent
25% · you keep
15% · you keep
The team4 agents · 4 need no setup
Inspection reporting agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Office software
● No integration needed
Test data analysis agent
Microsoft Excel · R · The MathWorks MATLAB
● No integration needed
Data recording agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Access · Database software
● No integration needed
Specification comparison agent
Microsoft Excel · Data analysis software · Computer-aided inspection software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Perform hands-on physical measurements and inspectionsOperate and calibrate precision measuring equipmentMake final accept/reject decisions on productsHandle physical defect removal and equipment adjustments

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three.

The most automatable work in this job, and what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing every occupation that does it.

Write inspection and test reports88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Analyze test data and compute results85% · physical, manual and inspection work · barely automatable
No software category addresses thisWhy not
Record inspection data and measurements82% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable