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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 “Plastic Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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