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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 “Rayon Tester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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