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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Inorganic Chemical Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Inorganic Chemical Technician” 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%

“Inorganic Chemical Technician” 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.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

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

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

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

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

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Technologies & Software

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

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