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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance Microbiologist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #56 of 702. Estimated risk: 1.2%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance Microbiologist)” 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%

“QA Microbiologist (Quality Assurance Microbiologist)” 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

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

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

  • Supervise biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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