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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Color Matcher” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Color Matcher” 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%

“Color Matcher” 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

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

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

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

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  • Utility clamps
  • Torsion balances
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • pH indicators
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Ionization gauges
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Capillary tubing
  • Bomb calorimeters
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Single-pan balances
  • Safety showers
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  • Glass tubing
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  • Polarimeters
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Mercury barometers
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  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Radiation detectors
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  • Thermocouples
  • Differential refractometers
  • Ultraviolet UV light detectors
  • Safety gloves
  • Lyophilizers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Laboratory heating plates
  • Bourdon gauges
  • Personal computers
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  • Sample crushers
  • Gas burners
  • Titrators
  • Laboratory tongs
  • Coulometers
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Water aspirators
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Gravity convection ovens
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Voltmeters
  • U-tube manometers
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Turbidimeters
  • Transfer pipettes
  • Glass burets
  • Fluorimeters
  • Nebulizers
  • Filter pumps
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  • Molecular stills
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  • McLeod gauges
  • Constant temperature water baths
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  • Beckmann thermometers
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
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  • Safety goggles
  • Laboratory balances
  • Pycnometers
  • Cork borer sets
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  • Safety glasses
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  • Infrared lamps
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Asbestos gloves
  • Atomic emissions spectroscopes
  • Polarizers
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Ammeters
  • Canister gas masks
  • Multimeters
  • Buchner funnels
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Graphing calculators
  • Lasers
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  • Gooch crucibles
  • Lecture bottles
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  • Heating mantles
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