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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
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