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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Chemistry Research Assistant” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Chemistry Research Assistant” 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%

“Chemistry Research Assistant” 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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • 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.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
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  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Evaporator rotators
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  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Mercury vapor lamps
  • Graphing calculators
  • Coulometers
  • Hot air blowers
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  • Atomic emissions spectroscopes
  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Claisen flasks
  • Photo detectors
  • Pressure gauges
  • Bourdon gauges
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Westphal balances
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Plastic cuvettes
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Organic carbon analyzers
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Reflux condensers
  • Radiation detectors
  • Titrators
  • Dye lasers
  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Lyophilizers
  • Drying pistols
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Transfer pipettes
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Heating mantles
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Hydrometers
  • Finger pumps
  • Lecture bottles
  • Test tube clamps
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Fluorimeters
  • Bunsen burners
  • Glass tubing
  • Glass burets
  • Molecular stills
  • Immersion heaters
  • Homogenizers
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Chromatography microsyringes
  • Utility clamps
  • Ruby lasers
  • Cartesian manostats
  • Vacuum flask traps
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Gravitational field indicators
  • Flame photometers
  • Metering pumps
  • Hirsch funnels
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Vacuum gauges
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Pycnometers
  • U-tube manometers
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Autotitrators
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Asbestos gloves
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Face shields
  • Mainframe computers
  • Laboratory balances
  • Single-pan balances
  • Desktop computers
  • Geiger-Muller counters
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • Polarimeters
  • Bell jars
  • McLeod gauges
  • Bubble flow meters
  • Triple beam balances
  • Turbidimeters
  • Computer-controlled pumps
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Photocells
  • Optical pyrometers
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Safety showers
  • Meker burners
  • Constant temperature water baths
  • Ultraviolet UV light detectors
  • Prisms
  • Distilling condensers
  • Bomb calorimeters
  • Rotary evaporators
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Gooch crucibles
  • Refrigerated coolers
  • Comparators
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Capillary tubing
  • Safety glasses
  • Nebulizers
  • Automated microviscometers
  • Safety goggles
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Abbe refractometers
  • Multimeters
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Filter pumps
  • Rotameters
  • Sample crushers
  • Gas burners
  • Evaporating dishes
  • Reaction flasks
  • Cork borer sets
  • Ball mills
  • Water aspirators
  • Torsion balances
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Voltmeters
  • Thermocouples
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Ionization gauges
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • Bubble-cap fractionating columns
  • Polarizers
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  • Mass spectrometers
  • Differential refractometers
  • Dessicators
  • pH indicators
  • Safety gloves
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  • Ammeters
  • Lasers
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  • Monochromators
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Beckmann thermometers
  • Pirani gauges
  • Liquid-filled remote thermometers
  • Pull spring balances
  • Volumetric flasks
  • Steam baths
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  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Gravity convection ovens
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Vapor monitor badges
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Viscosity meters
  • Gas drying tubes
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Digital handheld thermometers
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Tension gauges
  • Volumetric glass pipettes
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Laminar flow burners
  • Rheometers
  • Agitation tanks
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Velometers
  • Buchner funnels
  • Mercury barometers
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Laboratory tongs
  • Automatic burets

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