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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Environmental Field Professional” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Environmental Field Professional” 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 Field Professional” 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

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

  • 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.

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

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

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

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

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

  • Oversee support staff.

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

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

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

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

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

Technologies & Software

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

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