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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Emissions Technician (Emissions Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Emissions Technician (Emissions Tech)” will probably not 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 31% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

44%

“Emissions Technician (Emissions Tech)” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 44% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental problems, including waste treatment and site remediation, under the direction of engineering staff or scientists. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.

Avg. Annual Salary $63,070
Avg. Hourly Wage $30.32
Available Jobs (US) 12,500
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians #17-3025
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Oversee support staff.

  • Work with customers to assess the environmental impact of proposed construction or to develop pollution prevention programs.

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

  • Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances, such as asbestos, lead, or wastewater.

  • Review technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.

  • Provide technical engineering support in the planning of projects, such as wastewater treatment plants, to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies.

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

  • Develop work plans, including writing specifications or establishing material, manpower, or facilities needs.

  • Model biological, chemical, or physical treatment processes to remove or degrade pollutants.

  • Collect and analyze pollution samples, such as air or ground water.

  • Arrange for the disposal of lead, asbestos, or other hazardous materials.

  • Evaluate and select technologies to clean up polluted sites, restore polluted air, water, or soil, or rehabilitate degraded ecosystems.

  • Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

  • Obtain product information, identify vendors or suppliers, or order materials or equipment to maintain inventory.

  • Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.

  • Perform statistical analysis and correction of air or water pollution data submitted by industry or other agencies.

  • Record laboratory or field data, including numerical data, test results, photographs, or summaries of visual observations.

  • Produce environmental assessment reports, tabulating data and preparing charts, graphs, or sketches.

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

  • Assess the ability of environments to naturally remove or reduce conventional or emerging contaminants from air, water, or soil.

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

  • Create models to demonstrate or predict the process by which pollutants move through or impact an environment.

Technologies & Software

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server
  • Environmental health and safety documentation software
  • Visual MODFLOW Pro
  • HEC-RAS
  • Thermal indoor climate simulation software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Water flow modeling software
  • ANSYS AI Simulation
  • Bentley MicroStation
  • Stormwater runoff modeling software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • Neural network modeling software
  • C++
  • Photogrammetric software
  • SAS
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Mathsoft Mathcad
  • Waste management software
  • SofTech CADRA
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Internet browser software
  • Structure query language SQL
  • Adobe PageMaker
  • Rockwell Automation Arena
  • GAEA Technologies WinSieve
  • LINDO Systems optimization modeling software
  • Hazardous materials management HMS software
  • Material safety data sheet MSDS software
  • Scientific Software Group MIGRATE
  • Gel documentation software
  • Air dispersion modeling software
  • Site remediation management software
  • Soil mapping software
  • GitHub Copilot
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Maplesoft Maple
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Database software
  • Presentation software
  • Wind flow modeling software
  • Python
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
  • Statistical software
  • AutoCAD AI
  • Regulatory compliance management software
  • Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
  • Microsoft Access
  • ANSYS simulation software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • XP Software XPSWMM
  • Microscopic image capturing software
  • Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Simulation software
  • Autodesk AI
  • Insightful S-PLUS
  • Gemini Code Assist
  • RockWare MODFLOW
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Stochastic modeling software
  • Word processing software
  • Greenhouse gas management software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Wolfram Research Mathematica
  • Ecological risk assessment software
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
  • Gas dispersion model software
  • PerkinElmer Turbochrom
  • DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
  • Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
  • Perplexity AI
  • Email software
  • Continuous emission management software
  • Fugitive emission leak detection software
  • WAM software
  • Epifluorescence microscopes
  • Heating mantles
  • Respirators
  • Anemometers
  • California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
  • Fecal coliform constant temperature shaker baths
  • Ozone generators
  • Water level recorders
  • Air monitoring equipment
  • Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
  • Supercritical fluid extractors
  • Ultraviolet UV spectrometers
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Water quality monitors
  • Drop volume tensiometers
  • Laboratory ovens
  • Funnels
  • Laboratory shakers
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Glassware adapters
  • Biosafety cabinets
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Two-vortex mixers
  • Surface area analyzers
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Particle size analyzers
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Soil samplers
  • Single particle spectroscopes
  • Scanning microscopes
  • Laser printers
  • Proton nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
  • Autotitration systems
  • Aerobic laboratory scale reactors
  • Analytical balances
  • Universal fractionators
  • Water distillation units
  • High-pressure/temperature reactors
  • Tracer gas detectors
  • Air velocity meters
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Total organic halide analyzers
  • Soil expansion testers
  • Microcentrifuges
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC with ultraviolet/visible UV/Vis absorbance detectors
  • Test tubes
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Microtox toxicity systems
  • Meters
  • Groundwater pumps
  • Flow meters
  • Electrophoresis tanks
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • French presses
  • Mercury analysis equipment
  • Particle counters
  • Inverted microscopes
  • pH meters
  • Groundwater sampling equipment
  • Fraction collectors
  • Freeze dryers
  • Magnetic stirrers
  • Mainframe computers
  • Soil particle size testers
  • Respirometers
  • 13C nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
  • Personal computers
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • Notebook computers
  • Flatbed scanners
  • Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
  • Anaerobic laboratory glove bags
  • Benchtop nephelometers
  • Low pressure reverse osmosis water treatment systems
  • Incubator shakers
  • Rotavapors
  • Interferometeric refractormeters
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Particulate filters
  • Liquid scintillation equipment
  • Streaming current detectors
  • Benchtop refrigerated centrifuges
  • Mechanical convection ovens
  • Desktop computers
  • Specific ion probes
  • Global positioning system GPS receivers
  • Dataloggers
  • Sterilizer chambers
  • Water samplers
  • Fluorimeters
  • Ion selective electrode ISE meters
  • Water sampling pumps
  • Filter press simulators
  • Hot plate stirrers
  • Turbidimeters
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Scanning probe microscopes SPM
  • Video microscopes
  • Gas mass spectroscopes
  • Digester apparatus
  • Conductivity meters
  • Micropipettes
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Zeta meters
  • Atomic force microscopes
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Digital cameras
  • Low pressure liquid chromatographs with fraction collectors
  • Water baths
  • Liquid mass spectroscopes
  • Liquid handling robots
  • Balances
  • Bailers
  • Pan balances
  • Ozone bubble contactors
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Scintillation counters
  • Fermenters
  • Calorimeters
  • Airborne particulate samplers
  • Thermocouples
  • Laboratory scales
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Reciprocating pumps
  • Plasma spectrometers
  • Anaerobic laboratory scale reactors
  • Dessicator chambers
  • Potentiostats
  • Heated environmental chambers
  • Freezers
  • Argon lasers
  • Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
  • Simultaneous static and dynamic light scattering systems
  • Titrators
  • Mixer mills
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Autoclaves
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Incubators
  • Soil permeability testers
  • Carbon analyzers
  • Titrimeters
  • Beakers
  • Refrigerated centrifuges
  • Electrophoresis equipment
  • Biological oxidizers
  • Ultrafiltration cells
  • Photometer
  • Filtering funnels
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Ion chromatographs
  • Aeration pumps
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
  • Tractor mounted drill rigs
  • Chemical fume hoods
  • Flow injection analyzers
  • Ozone concentration percentage meters
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Laminar flow hoods
  • Ultra pure water systems
  • Microscope slides
  • Toxicity analyzers
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Dynamic contact angle apparatus
  • Differential mobility analyzers
  • Camera-equipped microscopes
  • Soil vapor sampling equipment
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Blenders
  • Furnaces
  • Glassware condensers
  • Total internal reflection fluorescence TIRF microscopes

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