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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Research and Development Associate (R & D Associate)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Research and Development Associate (R & D Associate)” 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%

“Research and Development Associate (R & D Associate)” 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

  • 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.

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

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

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

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

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

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