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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Concrete Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Concrete 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%

“Concrete 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

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

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

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

  • 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 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

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