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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Environmental Engineering Aide” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Environmental Engineering Aide” 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%

“Environmental Engineering Aide” 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

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

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

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

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

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

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

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

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

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

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

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

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

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

  • Oversee support staff.

Technologies & Software

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

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