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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Analytical Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Analytical Technician” 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

53%

“Analytical Technician” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 53% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Chemical Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.

Avg. Annual Salary $61,300
Avg. Hourly Wage $29.47
Available Jobs (US) 55,640
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Chemical Technicians #19-4031
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Chemical Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

  • Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.

  • Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

  • Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

  • Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.

  • Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.

  • Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.

  • Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.

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  • Hydrometers
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  • Claisen flasks
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Ultraviolet UV light detectors
  • Flame photometers
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  • Test tube clamps
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Pull spring balances
  • Automated microviscometers
  • Water aspirators
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  • Infrared lamps
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  • Volumetric flasks
  • Reflux condensers
  • Bunsen burners
  • Triple beam balances
  • Viscosity meters
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  • Lasers
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  • Ruby lasers
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  • Spectrophotometers
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  • Laboratory tongs
  • Desktop computers
  • Multimeters
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • pH indicators
  • U-tube manometers
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Chromatography microsyringes
  • Photocells
  • Meker burners
  • Glass burets
  • Electronic toploading balances
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  • Bourdon gauges
  • Molecular stills
  • Photomultiplier tubes
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  • Mercury barometers
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  • Comparators
  • Polarizers
  • Hot air blowers
  • Computer-controlled pumps
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  • Capillary tubing
  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Westphal balances
  • Digital handheld thermometers
  • Reaction flasks
  • Ion exchange chromatography equipment
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Heating mantles
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Single-pan balances
  • Dye lasers
  • Graphing calculators
  • Voltmeters
  • Plastic cuvettes
  • Optical pyrometers
  • Lecture bottles
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Steam baths
  • Laboratory heating plates
  • Rheometers
  • Atomic emissions spectroscopes
  • Coulometers
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Lyophilizers
  • Ionization gauges
  • Cooling baths
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Safety goggles
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Laboratory balances
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Gravitational field indicators
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  • Rotary evaporators
  • Glass tubing
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Differential refractometers
  • Safety glasses
  • Metering pumps
  • Monochromators
  • Aneroid barometers

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