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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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