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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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