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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.
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.
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.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
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.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.

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Personal computers
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Electronic toploading balances
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Hot air blowers
Monochromators
Hydrometers
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Exhaust hoods
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Volumetric glass pipettes
Ionization gauges
Ultracentrifuges
Vapor monitor badges
Triple beam balances
Capillary tubing
Polarimeters
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Molecular stills
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Refrigerated coolers
Mass spectrometers
Laboratory balances
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Multimeters
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Buchner funnels
Utility clamps
Coulometers
Muffle furnaces
Chromatography microsyringes
Thermocouples
Metering pumps
Safety gloves
Rotameters
Canister gas masks
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Gravitational field indicators
Perchloric acid hoods
Closed-end manometers
Fluid scintillation counters
Turbidimeters
Homogenizers
Ammeters
Laboratory tongs
Single-pan balances
Gas drying tubes
Deuterium lamps
Automated polarimeters
Gas leak detectors
Cartesian manostats
Automatic buret cleaners
Beckmann thermometers
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Evaporator rotators
Laminar flow burners
Gas chromatography equipment
Mercury barometers
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Flame ionization detectors FID
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Liquid transfer pumps
Radioisotope fume hoods
Laboratory heating plates
Vacuum flask traps
Benchtop centrifuges
Laboratory blenders
Volumetric flasks
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Titrators
Bomb calorimeters
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Pull spring balances
Unequal-arm balances
Polarizers
Dust and particulate respirators
Pirani gauges
Transfer pipettes
Torsion balances
Photomultiplier tubes
Agitation tanks
Mortars and pestles
Ball mills
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Glass burets
Organic carbon analyzers
Laboratory pressing equipment
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pH indicators
Automatic burets
Digital handheld thermometers
Reflux condensers
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Gooch crucibles
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Ruby lasers
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High pressure sodium lamps
Rotary evaporators
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Liquid chromatography equipment
Bourdon gauges
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Drying pistols
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Glass laboratory crucibles
Prisms
Radiation detectors
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Safety goggles
Vacuum gauges
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Gravity convection ovens
Lasers
Westphal balances
Spectrophotometers
Infrared lamps
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Dye lasers
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Mercury vapor lamps
Claisen flasks
McLeod gauges
Glass tubing
Computer-controlled pumps
Comparators
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
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Infrared IR spectroscopes
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Geiger-Muller counters
Abbe refractometers
Automatic pipette cleaners
Finger pumps
Differential refractometers
Magnetic stirring bars
Dissolved oxygen meters
Fire extinguishers
Bunsen burners
Steam baths
Sample crushers
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Gas burners
Desktop computers
Evaporating dishes
Viscosity meters
U-tube manometers
Constant temperature water baths
Lyophilizers
Face shields
Magnetic agitators
Optical compound microscopes

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