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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 “Chemical Tester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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