Food Science Technicians
Life, Physical, and Social ScienceAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Food Science Technicians with an AI automation risk score of 23%. Analysis includes 16 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
Food Scientists and Technologists
22% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Food Batchmakers
18% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Microbiologists
0% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Key Tasks
Train newly hired laboratory personnel.
Order supplies needed to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food or beverage processing plants.
Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics.
Maintain records of testing results or other documents as required by state or other governing agencies.
Monitor and control temperature of products.
Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables.
Record or compile test results or prepare graphs
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data