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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

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Tasks for “Chemical Technicians”

Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
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.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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