Assess students' ability to analyze how automation and AI adoption reshape manufacturing job roles, required technical and transferable skills, and career pathways; scope includes key technologies (robotics, machine vision, predictive maintenance), role transformation (augmentation vs displacement), skill-gap analysis, reskilling/upskilling strategies, workforce planning, and socioeconomic/ethical implications using case studies and scenario-based data interpretation to produce evidence-based recommendations for educators, employers, and policymakers.