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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Industrial Waste Treatment Technician (Industrial Waste Treatment Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #339 of 702. Estimated risk: 61.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Industrial Waste Treatment Technician (Industrial Waste Treatment Tech)” will maybe 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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Industrial Waste Treatment Technician (Industrial Waste Treatment Tech)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Operate or control an entire process or system of machines, often through the use of control boards, to transfer or treat water or wastewater.

Avg. Annual Salary $60,620
Avg. Hourly Wage $29.15
Available Jobs (US) 126,750
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators #51-8031
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Direct and coordinate plant workers engaged in routine operations and maintenance activities.

  • Clean and maintain tanks, filter beds, and other work areas, using hand tools and power tools.

  • Inspect equipment or monitor operating conditions, meters, and gauges to determine load requirements and detect malfunctions.

  • Collect and test water and sewage samples, using test equipment and color analysis standards.

  • Record operational data, personnel attendance, or meter and gauge readings on specified forms.

  • Operate and adjust controls on equipment to purify and clarify water, process or dispose of sewage, and generate power.

  • Add chemicals, such as ammonia, chlorine, or lime, to disinfect and deodorize water and other liquids.

  • Maintain, repair, and lubricate equipment, using hand tools and power tools.

Technologies & Software

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Material safety data sheet MSDS software
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Wastewater expert control systems
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Database software
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • DeepSeek
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Cognex Vision AI
  • Operational Data Store ODS software
  • Human machine interface HMI software
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Data logging software
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Operating system software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • Compliance software
  • Sight Machine AI
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Word processing software
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Timekeeping software
  • Records management software
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
  • Aeration compressors
  • Chemical oxygen demand testing equipment
  • Clarifiers
  • Furnaces
  • Sequential batch reactors
  • Blowers
  • Pipe inspection video equipment
  • Sulphonators
  • Odor control equipment
  • Scum ejectors
  • Desktop computers
  • Water treatment evaporators
  • Rapid sand filters
  • Aerobic digesters
  • Lift stations
  • Pipe cleaning equipment
  • Trickling filter beds
  • Dechlorination equipment
  • Sludge injectors
  • Chemical feeding equipment
  • Ion exchangers
  • Flotation equipment
  • Ultrasonic flowmeters
  • Total petroleum hydrocarbon TPH analyzers
  • Flocculators
  • Conductivity meters
  • Wastewater samplers
  • Emissions monitoring systems
  • Chemical feed pumps
  • Heat exchangers
  • Remote terminal unit pump control equipment
  • Colorimeters
  • Composite samplers
  • Centrifugal pumps
  • Settleometers
  • Hydrocarbon analyzers
  • Notebook computers
  • Valve actuators
  • Rotating biological contactors
  • Air monitoring equipment
  • Toxic gas analyzers
  • Incline plate clarifiers
  • Air strippers
  • Ultraviolet UV disinfection systems
  • Fixed-film reactors
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Diffusors
  • Ammonium analyzers
  • Incinerators
  • Filter belt presses
  • Agitators
  • Incline screw pumps
  • Turbidimeters
  • Autosamplers
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
  • Grit separators
  • Absorption equipment
  • Biochemical oxygen demand analyzers
  • Backwash filters
  • Vacuum filters
  • Suspended solid measurement equipment
  • Carbon analyzers
  • Total oil and grease analyzers
  • Conveyor control equipment
  • Microstrainers
  • Anaerobic treatment equipment
  • Oil-in-water monitors
  • Sludge digesters
  • pH analyzers
  • Nitrate analyzers
  • Comminutors
  • Denitrification equipment
  • Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
  • Disinfection chlorinators
  • Ammoniators
  • Slow sand filters
  • Aerators
  • Scrubbers
  • Positive displacement pumps
  • Plate and frame presses
  • Chlorine analyzers

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