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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 “Research and Development Technician”

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

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Volume displacement pumps
Fluid scintillation counters
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Ball mills
Pressure gauges
Reflux condensers
Thermocouples
Abbe refractometers
Pycnometers
Computer-controlled pumps
Prisms
Canister gas masks
Automated polarimeters
Hot air blowers
Autotitrators
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Homogenizers
Hydrometers
Glass tubing
Bomb calorimeters
Pull spring balances
Deuterium lamps
Filter pumps
Coulometers
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Hirsch funnels
Claisen flasks
Safety goggles
U-tube manometers
Differential scanning calorimeters
Eyewash fountains
Perchloric acid hoods
Radiation detectors
Automatic buret cleaners
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Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Drying pistols
Ruby lasers
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Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Aneroid barometers
Automatic pipette cleaners
Meker burners
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Laboratory balances
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Gooch crucibles
Mortars and pestles
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Multimeters
Beckmann thermometers
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Personal computers
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Heating mantles
Mainframe computers
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Graphite furnaces
Laboratory flasks
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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Optical pyrometers
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Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Photocells
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
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Geiger-Muller counters
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Fluorimeters
Gas chromatography equipment
Rotary evaporators
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Westphal balances
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Flame ionization detectors FID
Steam baths
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Safety gloves
Laboratory drying ovens
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pH indicators
Lecture bottles
Vacuum flask traps
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Sample crushers
Volumetric flasks
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Triple beam balances
Ultracentrifuges
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Mercury vapor lamps
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Laboratory heating plates
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Liquid transfer pumps
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Optical compound microscopes
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Infrared lamps
Mass spectrometers
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Titrators
Laboratory tongs
Laminar flow burners
Buchner funnels
Constant temperature water baths
Refrigerated coolers
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Liquid chromatography equipment
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Glass laboratory crucibles
Spectrophotometers
Water aspirators
Automatic burets
Chromatography microsyringes
Closed-end manometers
Gravitational field indicators
Exhaust hoods
Ionization gauges
Reaction flasks
Vacuum gauges
Laboratory pressing equipment
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Safety glasses
Differential refractometers
Hazardous material protective clothing
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Benchtop centrifuges
Explosion-proof fume hoods
High pressure sodium lamps
Gravity convection ovens
Laboratory blenders

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