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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 “Polymer Tester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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