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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Color Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Color Tester” 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 Tester” 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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

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

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
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  • Lyophilizers
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  • Radiation detectors
  • Lasers
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  • Bell jars
  • Rotary evaporators
  • Automatic burets
  • Safety glasses
  • Asbestos gloves
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Monochromators
  • Bubble-cap fractionating columns
  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • High pressure sodium lamps
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Agitation tanks
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Molecular stills
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Meker burners
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Infrared lamps
  • Pycnometers
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  • Westphal balances
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  • Single-pan balances
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  • Utility clamps
  • Lecture bottles
  • Laboratory tongs
  • Vacuum gauges
  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Safety gloves
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Glass tubing
  • Comparators
  • Automated microviscometers
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Ionization gauges
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Velometers
  • Hydrometers
  • Capillary tubing
  • Flame photometers
  • Optical pyrometers
  • Bomb calorimeters
  • Triple beam balances
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Pressure gauges
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  • Thermocouples
  • Bourdon gauges
  • Cooling baths
  • Desktop computers
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  • Coulometers
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  • Unequal-arm balances
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  • Metering pumps
  • Viscosity meters
  • Face shields
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  • Laboratory balances
  • Torsion balances
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Prisms
  • Glass burets
  • Heating mantles
  • Mass spectrometers
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  • Titrators
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  • Pirani gauges
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  • Autotitrators
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  • Thermal conductivity detectors
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  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Transfer pipettes
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Pull spring balances
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Ball mills
  • Digital handheld thermometers
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  • Laboratory heating plates
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Ammeters
  • Liquid-filled remote thermometers
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Organic carbon analyzers
  • McLeod gauges

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