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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 “Viscosity Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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