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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Engineer Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Engineer Technician” 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%

“Engineer Technician” 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

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

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

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

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Oversee support staff.

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

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

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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