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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 “Spectroscopist”

Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
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.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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