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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemical Analytical Sampler” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Chemical Analytical Sampler” 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 Analytical Sampler” 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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

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

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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  • Water aspirators
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  • Hot air blowers
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  • Unequal-arm balances
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  • Exhaust hoods
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Cartesian manostats
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  • Photocells
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Organic carbon analyzers
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  • Sample crushers
  • Rheometers
  • Reflux condensers
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Finger pumps
  • Hydrometers
  • Comparators
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Ion exchange chromatography equipment
  • McLeod gauges
  • Spectrophotometers
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  • Asbestos gloves
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  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Buchner funnels
  • Agitation tanks
  • Molecular stills
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
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  • Velometers
  • Safety glasses
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  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Mercury barometers
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Rotameters
  • Gooch crucibles
  • Constant temperature water baths
  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
  • Evaporator rotators
  • Chromatography microsyringes
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Tension gauges
  • Volumetric flasks
  • Coulometers
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Laboratory pressing equipment
  • Bell jars
  • Fluorimeters
  • Turbidimeters
  • Reaction flasks
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Mainframe computers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Utility clamps
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • Westphal balances
  • Steam baths
  • Dust and particulate respirators
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  • Ruby lasers
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  • Photo detectors
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  • Torsion balances
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  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Polarimeters
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