🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     
Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Environmental Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Environmental 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%

“Environmental 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
ℹ️

Data is based on the reference occupation: “Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians”

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Automotive Engineers

AI Risk 62%
Robot Risk 37%

Aerospace Engineers

AI Risk 62%
Robot Risk 32%

Validation Engineers

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 34%

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

AI Risk 61%
Robot Risk 39%

Photonics Engineers

AI Risk 60%
Robot Risk 39%

Petroleum Engineers

AI Risk 60%
Robot Risk 26%

Core Skills & Abilities

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

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

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

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Oversee support staff.

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

Technologies & Software

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

Alternative Job Titles