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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Engineering Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Engineering 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%

“Engineering 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

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

  • Oversee support staff.

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

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

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

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

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

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

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

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

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

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

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

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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