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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Grey Goods Tester” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Grey Goods 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%

“Grey Goods 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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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  • Rotameters
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  • pH indicators
  • Liquid transfer pumps
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
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  • Titrators
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Liquid chromatography equipment
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Capillary tubing
  • Reaction flasks
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  • Laboratory pressing equipment
  • Buchner funnels
  • Finger pumps
  • Magnetic agitators
  • Canister gas masks
  • Dissolved oxygen meters
  • Gas chromatography equipment
  • Flame photometers
  • Liquid-filled remote thermometers
  • Multimeters
  • Fluid scintillation counters
  • Autotitrators
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  • Westphal balances
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  • Lecture bottles
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  • McLeod gauges
  • Torsion balances
  • Laboratory balances
  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Laboratory drying ovens
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Radiation detectors
  • Gas burners
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Turbidimeters
  • Desktop computers
  • Pressure gauges
  • Ammeters
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  • Geiger-Muller counters
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  • Vacuum gauges
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  • Thermocouples
  • Monochromators
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  • Closed-end manometers
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Nebulizers
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  • Laboratory heating plates
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  • Comparators
  • Hirsch funnels
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  • Laboratory blenders
  • Glass tubing
  • Single-pan balances
  • Test tube clamps
  • Perchloric acid hoods
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  • Triple beam balances
  • Lasers
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  • Heating mantles
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
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  • Spectrophotometers
  • Radioisotope fume hoods
  • Steam baths
  • Immersion heaters
  • Water aspirators
  • Plastic cuvettes
  • Glass burets
  • Bunsen burners

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