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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 or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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