Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Historical Job Growth
Civilian:
Job Outlook
Like many other occupations concentrated in manufacturing industries, employment is expected to decline slowly, primarily because of the growing use of automated inspection and the redistribution of some quality-control responsibilities from inspectors to production workers.
Opportunities to Get Ahead
The American Society for Quality offers 15 different types of certifications for workers in quality control. These certifications may assist workers in advancing within the occupation. They generally require a certain number of years of experience in the field and passage of an exam.
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Projected Civilian Job Growth
Future job growth is projected to be about as fast as average
Data supplied by: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Center of Education Statistics, Defense Manpower Data Center
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