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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemical Analyst” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Chemical Analyst” 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%

“Chemical Analyst” 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

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

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  • Evaporating dishes
  • Safety glasses
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Laboratory heating plates
  • Gravitational field indicators
  • Reflux condensers
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Atomic emissions spectroscopes
  • Glass burets
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Vacuum flask traps
  • Liquid-filled remote thermometers
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Coulometers
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Digital handheld thermometers
  • Volumetric flasks
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  • Capillary tubing
  • Cartesian manostats
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Electronic toploading balances
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  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Triple beam balances
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  • Organic carbon analyzers
  • Turbidimeters
  • Filter pumps
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  • Radiation detectors
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Dessicators
  • Metering pumps
  • Personal computers
  • Ammeters
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Rotameters
  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Pull spring balances
  • Fluorimeters
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Safety gloves
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  • Agitation tanks
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  • pH indicators
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  • Homogenizers
  • Pressure gauges
  • Glass tubing
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Sample crushers
  • Abbe refractometers
  • Hirsch funnels
  • Utility clamps
  • Polarizers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Cooling baths
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Test tube clamps
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Transfer pipettes
  • Gas burners
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Volumetric glass pipettes
  • Cork borer sets
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Evaporator rotators
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Voltmeters
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Lyophilizers
  • Optical pyrometers
  • Differential refractometers
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Mainframe computers
  • Polarimeters
  • Mercury barometers
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  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Gooch crucibles
  • Computer-controlled pumps
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  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Aneroid barometers
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  • Unequal-arm balances
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  • Laboratory tongs
  • Torsion balances
  • Comparators
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  • Laboratory balances
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