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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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