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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Colorist Formulator” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Colorist Formulator” 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%

“Colorist Formulator” 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

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

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

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  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
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  • Safety glasses
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  • Ion exchange chromatography equipment
  • Bomb calorimeters
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Glass tubing
  • Ruby lasers
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Safety gloves
  • Digital handheld thermometers
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Organic carbon analyzers
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  • Automated polarimeters
  • Finger pumps
  • Polarimeters
  • Face shields
  • Laboratory pressing equipment
  • Thermal conductivity detectors
  • Water aspirators
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Coulometers
  • Thermocouples
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  • Plastic cuvettes
  • Polarizers
  • Fluid scintillation counters
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  • Flame ionization detectors FID
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  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Abbe refractometers
  • Optical compound microscopes
  • Velometers
  • Lyophilizers
  • Vacuum gauges
  • Photocells
  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Immersion heaters
  • Volumetric flasks
  • Mercury vapor lamps
  • Safety showers
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  • Turbidimeters
  • Mainframe computers
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Evaporating dishes
  • Electronic toploading balances
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  • Optical pyrometers
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Gooch crucibles
  • Transfer pipettes
  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Metering pumps
  • Filter pumps
  • Westphal balances
  • Hydrometers
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Homogenizers
  • Ball mills
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Pressure gauges
  • Capillary tubing
  • Gas burners
  • Photo detectors
  • Molecular stills
  • Reaction flasks
  • Bell jars
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  • Buchner funnels
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  • U-tube manometers
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Automated microviscometers
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  • Comparators
  • Bourdon gauges
  • Cartesian manostats
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Torsion balances
  • Gas leak detectors
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Cork borer sets
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Infrared lamps
  • Bubble flow meters
  • Gravity convection ovens
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • High pressure sodium lamps
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  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • Refrigerated coolers
  • pH indicators
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  • Pull spring balances
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  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
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  • Laboratory heating plates
  • Safety goggles
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Laboratory balances
  • Titrators
  • Computer-controlled pumps
  • Rotary evaporators
  • Lasers
  • Constant temperature water baths

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