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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 “Pathology Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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