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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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