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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Programs Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Programs 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%

“Programs 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Oversee support staff.

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

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

  • 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.

Technologies & Software

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

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