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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Haz Tech (Hazardous Technician)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Haz Tech (Hazardous 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%

“Haz Tech (Hazardous 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

  • 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.

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

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

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

  • Oversee support staff.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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