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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemical Dependency Technician (Chemical Dependency Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Chemical Dependency Technician (Chemical Dependency Tech)” 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 Dependency Technician (Chemical Dependency Tech)” 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

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

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

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

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • 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.

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  • Ball mills
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  • Vapor monitor badges
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  • Mass spectrometers
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  • Volumetric glass pipettes
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  • Gas burners
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  • Pull spring balances
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  • Vacuum gauges
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Lyophilizers
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Glass burets
  • Steam baths
  • Cooling baths
  • Agitation tanks
  • Laminar flow burners
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • pH indicators
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Triple beam balances
  • Automated microviscometers
  • Polarimeters
  • Safety showers
  • Gooch crucibles
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Evaporator rotators
  • Desktop computers
  • Prisms
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  • Buchner funnels
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  • Ionization gauges
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  • Rheometers
  • Dye lasers
  • Claisen flasks
  • Mainframe computers
  • Safety glasses
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  • Muffle furnaces
  • Finger pumps
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Utility clamps
  • Homogenizers
  • Bunsen burners
  • Rotary evaporators
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Glass tubing
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Mercury barometers
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Metering pumps
  • Meker burners
  • Turbidimeters
  • Westphal balances
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  • McLeod gauges
  • Dessicators
  • Thermocouples
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  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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  • U-tube manometers
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  • Polarizers
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  • Transfer pipettes
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  • Multimeters
  • Single-pan balances
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  • Pressure gauges
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  • Face shields
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Ruby lasers
  • Flame photometers
  • Filter pumps

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