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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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

  • 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.

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  • U-tube manometers
  • Pirani gauges
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Dye lasers
  • Ultraviolet UV light detectors
  • Capillary tubing
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Mercury vapor lamps
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Constant temperature water baths
  • Rotameters
  • Rheometers
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Differential refractometers
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
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  • Lecture bottles
  • Aneroid barometers
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  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Viscosity meters
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  • Pull spring balances
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
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  • Homogenizers
  • Safety gloves
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
  • Photomultiplier tubes
  • Desktop computers
  • Hydrometers
  • Cartesian manostats
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Dessicators
  • Vapor monitor badges
  • Finger pumps
  • Turbidimeters
  • Automatic burets
  • Atomic emissions spectroscopes
  • Steam baths
  • Photo detectors
  • Lyophilizers
  • Distilling condensers
  • Organic carbon analyzers
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Diffusion pumps
  • Autotitrators
  • Cork borer sets
  • Pressure gauges
  • Mercury barometers
  • Safety glasses
  • Polarizers
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  • Laboratory tongs
  • Utility clamps
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  • Molecular stills
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  • Triple beam balances
  • Coulometers
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  • Buchner funnels
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  • Heating mantles
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
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  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Glass tubing
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  • Flame ionization detectors FID
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  • Canister gas masks
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  • Filter pumps
  • Single-pan balances
  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Torsion balances
  • Gas burners
  • Gravitational field indicators
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  • Laboratory blenders
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  • Meker burners
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  • Test tube clamps
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  • Mass spectrometers
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  • Computer-controlled pumps
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  • Automatic buret cleaners
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  • Nebulizers
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
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  • Polarimeters
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  • Radiation detectors
  • Ball mills
  • Bubble flow meters
  • Refrigerated coolers
  • Comparators
  • Abbe refractometers
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Hirsch funnels

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