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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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