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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”

Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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