Will “Pathology Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

57% Chance of Automation

“Pathology Technician” will maybe be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #319 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 49,770.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 23.00
Currently, there are 65,510 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Technicians”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Pathology Technician”

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

Related Technology & Tools

Cork borer sets
Mercury barometers
Bubble flow meters
Laminar flow burners
Radioisotope fume hoods
Turbidimeters
pH indicators
Pycnometers
Velometers
Single-pan balances
Abbe refractometers
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Chromatography developing tanks
Gas drying tubes
Laboratory pressing equipment
Magnetic stirring bars
Drying pistols
Perchloric acid hoods
Vacuum gauges
Differential scanning calorimeters
Constant temperature water baths
Metering pumps
Automatic burets
Liquid chromatography equipment
Photomultiplier tubes
Fire extinguishers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Organic carbon analyzers
Gooch crucibles
Hot air blowers
Lasers
Gravitational field indicators
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Safety goggles
High pressure sodium lamps
Safety glasses
Hollow cathode lamps
Bunsen burners
Water aspirators
Liquid transfer pumps
U-tube manometers
Thermocouples
Digital handheld thermometers
Photocells
Coulometers
Voltmeters
Ruby lasers
Muffle furnaces
Dye lasers
Multimeters
McLeod gauges
Monochromators
Mercury vapor lamps
Dust and particulate respirators
Lecture bottles
Laboratory drying ovens
Volume displacement pumps
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Westphal balances
Closed-end manometers
Laboratory blenders
Evaporating dishes
Diffusion pumps
Glass laboratory crucibles
Magnetic agitators
Utility clamps
Tension gauges
Explosion-proof fume hoods
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Geiger-Muller counters
Reaction flasks
Finger pumps
Gravity convection ovens
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Ammeters
Immersion heaters
Hazardous material protective clothing
Ultracentrifuges
Safety gloves
Laboratory heating plates
Thermal conductivity detectors
Gas burners
Autotitrators
Asbestos gloves
Automatic buret cleaners
Homogenizers
Rotary evaporators
Optical beamsplitting devices
Filter pumps
Transfer pipettes
Refrigerated coolers
Aneroid barometers
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Volumetric glass pipettes
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Differential refractometers
Exhaust hoods
Pressure gauges
Graphing calculators
Fluorimeters
Lyophilizers
Ball mills
Flame ionization detectors FID
Rheometers
Polarizers
Optical pyrometers
Spectrophotometers
Pirani gauges
Torsion balances
Steam baths
Eyewash fountains
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Optical compound microscopes
Cartesian manostats
Reflux condensers
Mainframe computers
Hydrometers
Automated polarimeters
Automatic pipette cleaners
Laboratory flasks
Glass tubing
Plastic cuvettes
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Photo detectors
Pull spring balances
Laboratory tongs
Chromatography microsyringes
Personal computers
Buchner funnels
Beckmann thermometers
Claisen flasks
Canister gas masks
Dessicators
Safety showers
Electronic toploading balances
Distilling condensers
Gas chromatography equipment
Dissolved oxygen meters
Gas leak detectors
Desktop computers
Cooling baths
Prisms
Bomb calorimeters
Molecular stills
Hirsch funnels
Face shields
Vacuum flask traps
Evaporator rotators
Nebulizers
Mass spectrometers
Titrators
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Deuterium lamps
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Bourdon gauges
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Polarimeters
Meker burners
Graphite furnaces
Computer-controlled pumps
Capillary tubing
Glass burets
Viscosity meters
Volumetric flasks
Bell jars
Infrared lamps
Heating mantles
Laboratory balances
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Radiation detectors
Sample crushers
Automated microviscometers
Agitation tanks
Rotameters
Comparators
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Unequal-arm balances
Test tube clamps
Benchtop centrifuges
Triple beam balances
Mortars and pestles
Fluid scintillation counters
Vapor monitor badges
Flame photometers
Ionization gauges

Microsoft Office
Spreadsheet software
Word processing software
Microsoft Word
Laboratory information management system LIMS
Microsoft PowerPoint
SAP
Database software
Microsoft Excel
Email software