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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 Quality Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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