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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 “Assayer”

Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
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.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
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.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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