Will “Colorist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

57% Chance of Automation

“Colorist” will maybe be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #319 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 49,770.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 23.00
Currently, there are 65,510 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Technicians”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Colorist”

Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

Word processing software
Microsoft Word
SAP
Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheet software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Email software
Laboratory information management system LIMS
Database software