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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Quality Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #225 of 702. Estimated risk: 25.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

31%

“Quality 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%

“Quality 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Maintain project logbook records or computer program files.

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

  • Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.

  • 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.

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

  • Improve chemical processes to reduce toxic emissions.

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

  • Perform environmental quality work in field or office settings.

  • Review work plans to schedule activities.

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

  • Oversee support staff.

  • Assist in the cleanup of hazardous material spills.

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

  • Prepare and package environmental samples for shipping or testing.

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

  • Prepare permit applications or review compliance with environmental permits.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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