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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Wet Chemistry Analyst” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #319 of 702. Estimated risk: 57.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

55%

“Wet Chemistry Analyst” 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%

“Wet Chemistry Analyst” 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

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

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

  • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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

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

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

  • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

  • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

  • 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.

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  • Beckmann thermometers
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  • Fire extinguishers
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  • Velometers
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  • Reaction flasks
  • Laboratory centrifugal pumps
  • Closed-end manometers
  • Nebulizers
  • Vacuum flask traps
  • Monochromators
  • Differential refractometers
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  • Perchloric acid hoods
  • Single-pan balances
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  • Turbidimeters
  • Ball mills
  • Voltmeters
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  • Pirani gauges
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  • Spectrophotometers
  • Automatic pipette cleaners
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  • Laminar flow burners
  • Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
  • Sample crushers
  • Lecture bottles
  • Ultracentrifuges
  • Dust and particulate respirators
  • Photo detectors
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Triple beam balances
  • Reflux condensers
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Automatic buret cleaners
  • Glass tubing
  • Buchner funnels
  • Aneroid barometers
  • Polarimeters
  • Automated polarimeters
  • Ionization gauges
  • Hirsch funnels
  • Distilling condensers
  • Hazardous material protective clothing
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  • Evaporating dishes
  • Cork borer sets
  • Personal computers
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  • Rheometers
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  • Molecular stills
  • Multimeters
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  • Unequal-arm balances
  • Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
  • Laboratory blenders
  • Graphing calculators
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  • Hollow cathode lamps
  • Rotameters
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  • Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
  • McLeod gauges
  • Tension gauges
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  • Torsion balances
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  • Laboratory vacuum pumps
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  • Filter pumps
  • Lasers
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  • Desktop computers
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  • Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
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  • Heating mantles
  • Flame ionization detectors FID
  • Drying pistols
  • Optical beamsplitting devices
  • Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
  • Digital handheld thermometers
  • Constant temperature water baths

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