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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Fiber Analyst” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Fiber Analyst” 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%

“Fiber Analyst” 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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • 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.

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  • Exhaust hoods
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
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  • Bell jars
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Reaction flasks
  • Lecture bottles
  • Lasers
  • Photocells
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
  • Safety glasses
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  • Differential refractometers
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Differential scanning calorimeters
  • Glass laboratory crucibles
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
  • Meker burners
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Beckmann thermometers
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Heating mantles
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • McLeod gauges
  • Comparators
  • Infrared lamps
  • Glass tubing
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
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  • Fluorimeters
  • Laboratory flasks
  • Laboratory pressing equipment
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  • Single-pan balances
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  • Rotary evaporators
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  • Pirani gauges
  • Pycnometers
  • Prisms
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  • Glass burets
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Plastic cuvettes
  • Gas burners
  • Filter pumps
  • Monochromators
  • Graphing calculators
  • Safety showers
  • Face shields
  • Triple beam balances
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Cooling baths
  • Bimetallic strip thermometers
  • Drying pistols
  • Transfer pipettes
  • Vacuum gauges
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Test tube clamps
  • Bunsen burners
  • Agitation tanks
  • Explosion-proof fume hoods
  • Eyewash fountains
  • Volumetric glass pipettes
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Multimeters
  • Pull spring balances
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  • Dye lasers
  • Laboratory balances
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
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  • Optical beamsplitting devices
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  • Diffusion pumps
  • Pressure gauges
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Ball mills
  • Polarimeters
  • Nebulizers
  • Safety goggles
  • Torsion balances
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  • Asbestos gloves
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  • Lyophilizers
  • Automated microviscometers
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  • Water aspirators
  • Dessicators
  • Rotameters
  • Benchtop centrifuges
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  • Liquid transfer pumps
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  • Optical compound microscopes
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  • Desktop computers
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  • Cork borer sets
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  • Laboratory tongs
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  • Claisen flasks
  • Capillary tubing
  • Rheometers
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  • Vacuum flask traps
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  • High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
  • Viscosity meters
  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Westphal balances
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