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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Medical Technologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Medical Technologist” will maybe 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 55% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

48%

“Medical Technologist” 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 48% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Microbiologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $45.77
Available Jobs (US) 19,760
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Microbiologists #19-1022
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Microbiologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Examine physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

  • Develop new products and procedures for sterilization, food and pharmaceutical supply preservation, or microbial contamination detection.

  • Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

  • Research use of bacteria and microorganisms to develop vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, grain alcohol, sugars, and polymers.

  • Conduct chemical analyses of substances such as acids, alcohols, and enzymes.

  • Investigate the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of epidemics and the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

  • Observe action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

  • Study the structure and function of human, animal, and plant tissues, cells, pathogens, and toxins.

  • Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed or developed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

  • Use a variety of specialized equipment, such as electron microscopes, gas and high-pressure liquid chromatographs, electrophoresis units, thermocyclers, fluorescence-activated cell sorters, and phosphorimagers.

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

  • Monitor and perform tests on water, food, and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms or to obtain information about sources of pollution, contamination, or infection.

  • Provide laboratory services for health departments, community environmental health programs, and physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment.

  • Prepare technical reports and recommendations, based upon research outcomes.

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  • Tissue homogenizers
  • Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Rechargeable electronic pipette fillers
  • Magnetic laboratory stirrers
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Automatic cell sorters
  • Laminar flow cabinets
  • Fecal coliform water baths
  • Gel documentation systems
  • Ultra cold biological freezers
  • Protective laboratory coats
  • Pipette pumps
  • Multistage agar impactors
  • Multiplate readers
  • Helium-neon lasers
  • Culture tubes
  • Laboratory test tubes
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Transmission electron microscopes TEM
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Hybridization ovens
  • Analytical balances
  • Laser printers
  • Chemical safety showers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Orbital shaking water baths
  • Safety glasses
  • Charge coupled device CCD color digital cameras
  • Transilluminators
  • Bacteriological incubators
  • Rotator mixers
  • Argon lasers
  • Sonicators
  • Micropipettes
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELISA plate readers
  • Protective gloves
  • HEPA filtered biosafety cabinets
  • Electroporators
  • Raman spectrometers
  • Bioreactors
  • Multiwell trays
  • Darkroom developing tanks
  • Drying ovens
  • Liquid impingers
  • Thermocyclers
  • Hardy Diagnostics HUGO
  • Impedance meters
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Desktop centrifuges
  • Dropping pipettes
  • Fluorescence activated cell sorters
  • Safety shoes
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Inoculating loops
  • Gel transfer apparatus
  • Laboratory glassware washers
  • Dichotomous particulate matter samplers
  • Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
  • Heat blocks
  • Membrane filtration systems
  • Semidry blotting apparatus
  • Prepared agar plates
  • Coplin jars
  • Refrigerated recirculating water baths
  • Electronic sterilizers
  • Autoclaves
  • Anaerobic growth chambers
  • Direct heat dry wall carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
  • Erlenmeyer flask clamps
  • X ray diffractometers
  • High pressure liquid chromatographs HPLC
  • 8-channel electronic pipettes
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • pH meters
  • Laboratory heat exchange condensing devices
  • Orbital shaking incubators
  • Conductivity meters
  • Deionized DI water systems
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Precision pan balances
  • Microscope slides
  • Micro balances
  • Heating stirplates
  • Automated microbial identification systems
  • Dissecting microscopes
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
  • Bioaerosol impactors
  • Notebook computers
  • Laboratory gas burners
  • Bright field light microscopes
  • Recording thermometers
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Culture bottles
  • Automatic pipetters
  • Infrared gas analyzers
  • Visible spectrometers
  • Water purification systems
  • Gel electrophoresis boxes
  • Sectioned petri plates
  • Phase contrast microscopes
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Biological safety hoods
  • Micromanipulators
  • Gas-powered generators
  • Visible/UV light scanning spectrophotometers
  • Compound binocular light microscopes
  • Petri dishes
  • Osmometers
  • Bacticinerators
  • Test tube racks
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Laboratory membrane filtering devices
  • Laboratory funnels
  • Oil-immersion microscope lenses
  • Mid-infrared spectrometers
  • Respirators
  • Steroclaves
  • Serology rotators
  • Vortex mixers
  • Flow cytometers
  • Microcalorimeters
  • Dry bath incubators
  • Shaking incubators
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Colony counters
  • Liquid chromatograph devices
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Automated gram stainers
  • Fluorescent microscopes
  • Personal computers
  • Water sample collection containers
  • Desktop computers
  • Automatic coverslipper
  • Laboratory refrigerators
  • Photomicroscopes
  • Liquid nitrogen storage equipment
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Bubble counters
  • Staining dishes
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • French presses
  • Freeze dryers
  • Gel support frames
  • Peristaltic pumps
  • Floor shakers

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