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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 Tester”

Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
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.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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