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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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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  • Laminar flow burners
  • Bell jars
  • Pull spring balances
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Mercury barometers
  • Torsion balances
  • Beckmann thermometers
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Meker burners
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Glass burets
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Sample crushers
  • Glass tubing
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Safety gloves
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Nebulizers
  • Water aspirators
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Ball mills
  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
  • Velometers
  • Vacuum flask traps
  • Magnetic agitators
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Cork borer sets
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Single-pan balances
  • Ultraviolet UV light detectors
  • Viscosity meters
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • U-tube manometers
  • Laboratory pressing equipment
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  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Laboratory blenders
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  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Rotameters
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  • Geiger-Muller counters
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  • Capillary tubing
  • Filter pumps
  • Volumetric flasks
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Photomultiplier tubes
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  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Laboratory balances
  • Heating mantles
  • Desktop computers
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  • Westphal balances
  • Laboratory tongs
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  • Automated microviscometers
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  • Vapor monitor badges
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  • Hot air blowers
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  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Rheometers
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  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Radiation detectors
  • Coulometers
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Personal computers
  • Computer-controlled pumps
  • Electronic toploading balances
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Ionization gauges
  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Constant temperature water baths
  • Gravitational field indicators
  • Chromatography microsyringes
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Safety goggles
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Ultracentrifuges
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  • Pirani gauges
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  • Laboratory heating plates
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  • Plastic cuvettes
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  • Tension gauges
  • Dye lasers
  • Utility clamps
  • Monochromators
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Photocells
  • Bomb calorimeters
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Homogenizers
  • Hirsch funnels
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Distilling condensers
  • Infrared lamps
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Drying pistols
  • pH indicators
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Reflux condensers
  • Dessicators
  • Agitation tanks

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