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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 “Spectrograph Operator”

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

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Constant temperature water baths
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Refrigerated coolers
Pirani gauges
Computer-controlled pumps
Mortars and pestles
Perchloric acid hoods
Hot air blowers
Radiation detectors
Monochromators
Photomultiplier tubes
Laboratory drying ovens
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Pressure gauges
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
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McLeod gauges
Graphite furnaces
Graphing calculators
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Westphal balances
Vapor monitor badges
Test tube clamps
Single-pan balances
Exhaust hoods
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Homogenizers
Laboratory balances
Magnetic stirring bars
Closed-end manometers
Laboratory flasks
Laboratory tongs
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Utility clamps
Gas leak detectors
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Gas drying tubes
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Laboratory vacuum pumps
Reaction flasks
Claisen flasks
Thermocouples
Infrared lamps
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Metering pumps
Dissolved oxygen meters
Bubble flow meters
Aneroid barometers
Rheometers
Personal computers
Geiger-Muller counters
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Gas burners
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Mercury barometers
Beckmann thermometers
High pressure sodium lamps
Ionization gauges
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Bomb calorimeters
Digital handheld thermometers
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Multimeters
Benchtop centrifuges
Safety glasses
Velometers
Dye lasers
Polarimeters
Deuterium lamps
Hollow cathode lamps
Heating mantles
Bourdon gauges
Radioisotope fume hoods
Comparators
Automatic buret cleaners
Optical beamsplitting devices
Safety gloves
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Evaporator rotators
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Volume displacement pumps
Glass tubing
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Mercury vapor lamps
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Laminar flow burners
Safety showers
pH indicators
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Electronic toploading balances
Cooling baths
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Fire extinguishers
Laboratory heating plates
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Viscosity meters
Mainframe computers
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Canister gas masks
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Optical pyrometers
Automatic burets
Abbe refractometers
Hazardous material protective clothing
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Hirsch funnels
Liquid transfer pumps
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Optical compound microscopes
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Flame ionization detectors FID
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Rotary evaporators
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Ultracentrifuges
Laboratory blenders
Tension gauges
U-tube manometers
Mass spectrometers
Safety goggles
Eyewash fountains
Differential refractometers
Transfer pipettes
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Triple beam balances
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Spectrophotometers
Magnetic agitators
Meker burners
Gooch crucibles
Cartesian manostats
Vacuum gauges
Chromatography microsyringes
Gas chromatography equipment
Photocells
Fluid scintillation counters
Laboratory pressing equipment
Dust and particulate respirators
Drying pistols
Thermal conductivity detectors
Glass laboratory crucibles
Face shields
Differential scanning calorimeters
Filter pumps
Titrators
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