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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemist Helper” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Chemist Helper” 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%

“Chemist Helper” 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.

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Eyewash fountains
  • Bubble flow meters
  • Radiation detectors
  • McLeod gauges
  • Organic carbon analyzers
  • Multimeters
  • Optical compound microscopes
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  • Bomb calorimeters
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  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Optical pyrometers
  • Gas burners
  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Test tube clamps
  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Abbe refractometers
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Triple beam balances
  • Reflux condensers
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Desktop computers
  • Gravitational field indicators
  • Automatic burets
  • Viscosity meters
  • Dessicators
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Safety goggles
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Drying pistols
  • Mainframe computers
  • Comparators
  • Hot air blowers
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Pirani gauges
  • Buchner funnels
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Velometers
  • Gas drying tubes
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Polarizers
  • pH indicators
  • Hydrometers
  • Mass spectrometers
  • U-tube manometers
  • Single-pan balances
  • Capillary tubing
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Photo detectors
  • Glass tubing
  • Lasers
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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  • Filter pumps
  • Volumetric glass pipettes
  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Voltmeters
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Fluorimeters
  • Pressure gauges
  • Mercury barometers
  • Turbidimeters
  • Monochromators
  • Ammeters
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Titrators
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Electronic toploading balances
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  • Rotary evaporators
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  • Flame photometers
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  • Ionization gauges
  • Dye lasers
  • Bourdon gauges
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Heating mantles
  • Lyophilizers
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  • Claisen flasks
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Utility clamps
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  • Lecture bottles
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Metering pumps
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  • Steam baths
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  • Graphing calculators
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  • Differential refractometers
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  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Digital handheld thermometers
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  • Safety showers
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  • Safety glasses
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  • Laboratory tongs
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  • Westphal balances
  • Face shields
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Ruby lasers
  • Pycnometers
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Glass laboratory crucibles

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