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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant)” 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%

“Laboratory Assistant (Lab Assistant)” 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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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  • Mainframe computers
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  • Velometers
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  • Polarizers
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  • Autotitrators
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  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Mass spectrometers
  • Ruby lasers
  • Immersion heaters
  • Deuterium lamps
  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Dessicators
  • Dye lasers
  • Steam baths
  • Westphal balances
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
  • Gravity convection ovens
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Metering pumps
  • Magnetic stirring bars
  • Bubble-cap fractionating columns
  • Ammeters
  • Multimeters
  • Vacuum flask traps
  • Constant temperature water baths
  • Muffle furnaces
  • Voltmeters
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
  • Pressure gauges
  • Pirani gauges
  • Safety showers
  • Cooling baths
  • Rotameters
  • Liquid-filled remote thermometers
  • Exhaust hoods
  • Molecular stills
  • Mercury barometers
  • Sample crushers
  • Graphing calculators
  • Reflux condensers
  • Chromatography developing tanks
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Lyophilizers
  • Graphite furnaces
  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • Ball mills
  • Single-pan balances
  • Safety gloves
  • Flame photometers
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Finger pumps
  • Volume displacement pumps
  • Infrared IR spectroscopes
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  • Benchtop centrifuges
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  • Safety glasses
  • Bell jars
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  • Unequal-arm balances
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  • Plastic cuvettes
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  • Hirsch funnels
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  • Glass tubing
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  • Gas burners
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  • Transfer pipettes
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  • Electronic toploading balances
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