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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 “Spectrographer”

Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
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.
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.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
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.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.

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

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