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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”

Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
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.
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.
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.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.

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Sample crushers
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Pressure gauges
Autotitrators
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Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Chromatography developing tanks
Volume displacement pumps
Laboratory flasks
High pressure sodium lamps
Optical beamsplitting devices
Glass burets
Hollow cathode lamps
Automatic pipette cleaners
Ultracentrifuges
Ruby lasers
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Optical compound microscopes
Molecular stills
Volumetric flasks
Automated polarimeters
Gas leak detectors
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Gooch crucibles
Hirsch funnels
Desktop computers
Reflux condensers
Optical pyrometers
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Triple beam balances
Polarizers
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Ammeters
Rotary evaporators
Mercury vapor lamps
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Mass spectrometers
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Geiger-Muller counters
Personal computers
Drying pistols
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Immersion heaters
Steam baths
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Exhaust hoods
Infrared lamps
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Lasers
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Liquid-filled remote thermometers
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Computer-controlled pumps
Gas burners
Differential refractometers
U-tube manometers
pH indicators
Photomultiplier tubes
Heating mantles
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Magnetic stirring bars
Westphal balances
Thermal conductivity detectors
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Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
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Vapor monitor badges
Flame ionization detectors FID
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
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Liquid chromatography equipment
Graphite furnaces
Torsion balances
Laboratory tongs
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
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Laminar flow burners
Closed-end manometers
Chromatography microsyringes
Safety goggles
Vacuum gauges
Mercury barometers
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Viscosity meters
Volumetric glass pipettes
Dust and particulate respirators
Glass tubing
Laboratory heating plates
Metering pumps
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Ball mills
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Bourdon gauges

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