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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 Technologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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