Will “Concrete Tester” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

57% Chance of Automation

“Concrete Tester” 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 “Concrete Tester”

Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
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.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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