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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Textile Technologist” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Textile Technologist” 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%

“Textile Technologist” 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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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