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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “QC Scientist (Quality Control Scientist)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #173 of 702. Estimated risk: 10.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

60%

“QC Scientist (Quality Control Scientist)” 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 60% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

43%

“QC Scientist (Quality Control Scientist)” 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 43% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Chemists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

Avg. Annual Salary $95,940
Avg. Hourly Wage $46.13
Available Jobs (US) 83,250
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Chemists #19-2031
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Chemists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals, when supplies are low or near their expiration date.

  • Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.

  • Evaluate laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed.

  • Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.

  • Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.

  • Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.

  • Conduct quality control tests.

  • Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.

  • Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.

  • Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.

  • Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.

  • Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.

Technologies & Software

  • Laboratory information management system LIMS
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  • Scite AI
  • Network Science IR Mentor Pro
  • Extensible markup language XML
  • CrystalMaker
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Elicit
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
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  • Apple iWork
  • Crystallography software
  • Oracle Java
  • Vogel Scientific Software Group CALACO
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Conversion tools software
  • SAS JMP
  • Wavefunction Spartan
  • Molsearch Pro
  • Gaussian software
  • Apple iWork Numbers
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Llama (Meta)
  • NotebookLM (Google)
  • Internet browser software
  • Apple iWork Pages
  • C
  • MSI Insight/Discover
  • LabTrack Electronic Lab Notebook
  • Density functional theory DFT software
  • Siemens SHELXTL
  • Microsoft Word
  • Gas chromatograph GS software
  • Chem2Pac
  • Microsoft Access
  • Word processing software
  • ChemSW Buffer Maker
  • DeepSeek
  • Modeling software
  • Logger software
  • Minitab
  • ChemSW Molecular Modeling Pro
  • Semantic Scholar AI
  • Accelrys Cerius2
  • Statistical software
  • NeoOffice
  • Bruker BioSpin TopSpin
  • Advanced Chemistry Development ACD/1D nuclear magnetic resonance NMR processor
  • Digital imaging software
  • Chemical kinetics software
  • Apple iWork Keynote
  • JDA Arthur KnowledgeBase database
  • Waters Empower Chromatography Data Software
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Perplexity AI
  • Molecular simulation software
  • Organic synthesis planning software
  • SciQuest PE TurboChrom
  • Consensus
  • Mistral AI (chat/models)
  • Agilent ChemStation
  • Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Q-Chem
  • SAP software
  • National Instruments LabVIEW
  • ChemSW Laboratory Document Control System LDCS
  • ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
  • Synthematix StructureSearch
  • CambridgeSoft ChemOffice Ultra
  • Surface modeling software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • ChemSW Chemical Inventory System CIS
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • R
  • ChemSW Mass Spec Tools
  • MolDraw
  • ChemSW Uncertainty Pro
  • Hypercube HyperChem
  • Multi-functional calculators
  • Graphics software
  • Grok (xAI)
  • Waters Millennium32
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Ion analyzers
  • Micro electrobalances
  • Thistle tubes
  • Sonicators
  • High-pressure high-temperature reactors
  • Chemical centrifuges
  • Micropipettes
  • Gas chromatographs GC
  • Polarimeters
  • Test tubes
  • Water baths
  • Titrators
  • Airfree/waterfree solvent purification systems
  • Stereo zoom microscopes
  • Annealing ovens
  • Photochemical reactors
  • Pipetting stations
  • Microinjectors
  • Bunsen burners
  • Spectrofluorimeters
  • High-speed centrifuges
  • Refrigerated circulators
  • Rotary evaporators
  • Melting point apparatus
  • Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
  • Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
  • Alcohol lamps
  • Karl Fischer titrators
  • Cryogenic refrigerators
  • Magnetic susceptibility balances
  • Combustion furnaces
  • Deflagration spoons
  • Dye lasers
  • Single crystal x ray diffractometers
  • Shaking waterbaths
  • Respirometers
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Thermal gravimetric analyzers
  • Grinder mills
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
  • Personal computers
  • Laboratory presses
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Refrigerated high-speed centrifuges
  • Mainframe computers
  • Tube magnetic mixers
  • Burets
  • Picosecond lasers
  • Magnetometers
  • Thermal cyclers
  • Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN elemental analyzers
  • Large-format plotters
  • Funnels
  • Benchtop lyophilizers
  • Microcentrifuges
  • Automatic peptide synthesizers
  • Mini synthesizers
  • Cryostats
  • Centrifugal evaporator concentrators
  • Freeze dryers
  • Nanoscopes
  • Laser power meters
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Tensile testers
  • Fume hoods
  • Reagent pumps
  • Liquid scintillation counters
  • Homogenizers
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Spectrometers
  • Inert atmosphere glove boxes
  • Fraction collectors
  • Particle size analyzers
  • Microplate spectrophotometers
  • Petri dishes
  • Syringe pumps
  • Conductivity meters
  • Scanning electron microscopes SEM
  • Microwave digestion systems
  • Distillation ovens
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Infrared IR spectrometers
  • Hot plates with magnetic stirrers
  • Oxygen bomb calorimeters
  • Tubular furnaces
  • Monocular microscopes
  • Diode lasers
  • Cuvettes
  • Respirators
  • Shaking incubators
  • Oscillating disc rheometers
  • Solvent recyclers
  • Helium-cadmium lasers
  • Ultraviolet-visible spectrometers
  • High-performance liquid chromatographs
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Multiwell microplates
  • Vacuum ovens
  • Hydrogenation apparatus
  • Electrochemical analyzers
  • Tabletop centrifuges
  • Speed-vac concentrators
  • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Inverted microscopes
  • Immersion probes
  • Polarographic analyzers
  • Polarizing microscopes
  • Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Split-hinge furnaces
  • Box furnace ovens
  • Stripping analyzers
  • pH meters
  • Digital cameras
  • Liquid chromatographs LC
  • Luminescence spectrometers
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital gel analyzer systems
  • Closed cycle refrigerators
  • Pipettes
  • Plasticorders
  • Top-loading electronic balances
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Signal average storage scopes
  • Flow injection analyzers
  • Erlenmeyer flasks
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Autotitrators
  • Air dryers
  • Analytical balances
  • Nitrogen lasers
  • Capillary electrophoresis systems
  • Laser printers
  • Conductance meters
  • Digital electrophoresis documentation and analysis systems
  • Lab heat exchangers
  • Potentiostats
  • Cold trap evaporators
  • High-pressure liquid chromatography systems
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Glassware washers
  • Densitometers
  • Fluorescence microscopes
  • X ray diffraction equipment
  • Tissue culture plates
  • Ion selective electrode ISE meters
  • Floor centrifuges
  • Beakers
  • Strip chart recorders
  • Galvanostats
  • Laptop computers
  • Mercury lamp photolysis systems
  • Solar simulators
  • Well tissue culture plates
  • Microdistillation ovens
  • Pressure sensors
  • Distilling units
  • Conductivity detectors
  • Atomic absorption AA spectrometers

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