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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 “Pyrotechnist”

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.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.

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Gas leak detectors
Gas burners
Flame photometers
Safety gloves
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Laboratory vacuum pumps
Polarizers
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Safety showers
Drying pistols
Bunsen burners
Laboratory pressing equipment
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Heating mantles
Lasers
Automated polarimeters
Mainframe computers
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Dust and particulate respirators
Liquid transfer pumps
Beckmann thermometers
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Gooch crucibles
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Dissolved oxygen meters
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Reflux condensers
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Laminar flow burners
Laboratory heating plates
Deuterium lamps
Radiation detectors
Ultracentrifuges
Differential refractometers
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Mortars and pestles
Flame ionization detectors FID
Sample crushers
Ionization gauges
Constant temperature water baths
Canister gas masks
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Monochromators
Evaporating dishes
Magnetic stirring bars
Volumetric flasks
Viscosity meters
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
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Geiger-Muller counters
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Bell jars
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Magnetic agitators
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Mercury barometers
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pH indicators
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Photomultiplier tubes
Thermal conductivity detectors
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Liquid chromatography equipment
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Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Prisms
Optical compound microscopes
Autotitrators
Automatic buret cleaners
Evaporator rotators
Organic carbon analyzers

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