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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”.

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Tasks for “Paint Formulator”

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

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Glass tubing
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Multimeters
Nebulizers
Buchner funnels
Automatic buret cleaners
Bomb calorimeters
Hydrometers
Viscosity meters
Cartesian manostats
Bell jars
Comparators
Volumetric glass pipettes
Glass burets
Electronic toploading balances
Desktop computers
Dessicators
Safety glasses
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Ball mills
Reaction flasks
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Gooch crucibles
Deuterium lamps
Mortars and pestles
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Graphing calculators
Meker burners
Photocells
Beckmann thermometers
Infrared IR spectroscopes
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Spectrophotometers
Pirani gauges
Agitation tanks
Prisms
Flame ionization detectors FID
Mercury vapor lamps
Pycnometers
Muffle furnaces
Differential refractometers
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Bunsen burners
Molecular stills
Unequal-arm balances
Graphite furnaces
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U-tube manometers
Gravity convection ovens
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Benchtop centrifuges
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Digital handheld thermometers
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Mainframe computers
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Optical compound microscopes
Laboratory balances
Sample crushers
Laboratory blenders
Homogenizers
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Automatic burets
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Finger pumps
Laboratory flasks
Chromatography developing tanks
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Vacuum gauges
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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Laminar flow burners
Test tube clamps
Abbe refractometers
Eyewash fountains
Refrigerated coolers
Laboratory tongs
Hot air blowers
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Steam baths
Perchloric acid hoods
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Liquid chromatography equipment
Exhaust hoods
Pressure gauges
Gravitational field indicators
Canister gas masks
Ruby lasers
Mercury barometers
Hazardous material protective clothing
Face shields
Fire extinguishers
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Claisen flasks
Chromatography microsyringes
Turbidimeters
Radioisotope fume hoods
Volumetric flasks
Hirsch funnels
Safety goggles
Glass laboratory crucibles
Safety gloves
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Reflux condensers
Volume displacement pumps
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Westphal balances
Laboratory pressing equipment
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Autotitrators
Optical beamsplitting devices
Gas burners
Gas leak detectors
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Lasers
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Dye lasers
Ionization gauges
pH indicators
Constant temperature water baths
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Single-pan balances
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High pressure sodium lamps
Automatic pipette cleaners
Rheometers
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Geiger-Muller counters
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
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McLeod gauges
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
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Aneroid barometers
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Mass spectrometers
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Magnetic stirring bars
Ammeters
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Drying pistols
Thermocouples
Photo detectors
Diffusion pumps
Lyophilizers
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Distilling condensers
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Vapor monitor badges
Rotameters
Personal computers
Radiation detectors
Rotary evaporators
Optical pyrometers
Liquid transfer pumps
Ultracentrifuges
Organic carbon analyzers
Tension gauges
Differential scanning calorimeters
Torsion balances
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers

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