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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 “Water Analyst”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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