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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”

Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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