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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”

Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
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.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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