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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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