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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 “Textile Colorist Formulator”

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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