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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Safety gloves
Gas drying tubes
Deuterium lamps
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Infrared lamps
U-tube manometers
Thermocouples
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Buchner funnels
Gravity convection ovens
Face shields
Finger pumps
Polarimeters
Hydrometers
Radiation detectors
Pycnometers
Fluorimeters
Automated microviscometers
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Transfer pipettes
Mercury barometers
Dye lasers
Chromatography developing tanks
Optical compound microscopes
Volumetric glass pipettes
Refrigerated coolers
Triple beam balances
Bomb calorimeters
Glass burets
Laboratory tongs
Ionization gauges
Molecular stills
Laboratory balances
Hirsch funnels
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Optical beamsplitting devices
Electronic toploading balances
Differential refractometers
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Gas chromatography equipment
Liquid chromatography equipment
Volume displacement pumps
Safety glasses
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Filter pumps
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Automatic buret cleaners
Laboratory heating plates
Hollow cathode lamps
Graphite furnaces
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Evaporator rotators
Homogenizers
Ball mills
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Ammeters
Claisen flasks
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Bourdon gauges
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Radioisotope fume hoods
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High pressure sodium lamps
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Geiger-Muller counters
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Mass spectrometers
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Ruby lasers
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Westphal balances
Prisms
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Heating mantles
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Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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Aneroid barometers
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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Rheometers
Beckmann thermometers
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Autotitrators
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Agitation tanks
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Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Thermal conductivity detectors
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Vapor monitor badges
Multimeters
Ultracentrifuges
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Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
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pH indicators
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Constant temperature water baths
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Bunsen burners
Fire extinguishers
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Canister gas masks
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Digital handheld thermometers
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Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Glass laboratory crucibles
Computer-controlled pumps
Comparators
Graphing calculators
Benchtop centrifuges
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Diffusion pumps
Chromatography microsyringes
Lyophilizers
Laboratory blenders
Flame ionization detectors FID
Utility clamps
Optical pyrometers
Differential scanning calorimeters
Drying pistols
Asbestos gloves

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