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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 “Chemistry Quality Control Technician”

Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
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.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

Chromatography developing tanks
Reflux condensers
Lyophilizers
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Polarimeters
Gooch crucibles
Laboratory balances
Single-pan balances
Refrigerated coolers
Vacuum flask traps
Closed-end manometers
Volume displacement pumps
Gas chromatography equipment
Automatic pipette cleaners
Mercury vapor lamps
McLeod gauges
Capillary tubing
Titrators
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Homogenizers
Automated microviscometers
Gas leak detectors
Prisms
Aneroid barometers
Differential refractometers
Viscosity meters
Mass spectrometers
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Autotitrators
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Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Cork borer sets
Pull spring balances
Gas burners
Cooling baths
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Dust and particulate respirators
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Ruby lasers
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Hollow cathode lamps
Hazardous material protective clothing
Chromatography microsyringes
Muffle furnaces
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Pressure gauges
Ball mills
Pirani gauges
Organic carbon analyzers
Thermal conductivity detectors
Optical beamsplitting devices
Liquid chromatography equipment
Reaction flasks
Rheometers
Beckmann thermometers
Glass burets
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Laminar flow burners
Bourdon gauges
Mainframe computers
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Laboratory blenders
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Differential scanning calorimeters
Face shields
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Plastic cuvettes
Automatic buret cleaners
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Geiger-Muller counters
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Utility clamps
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Triple beam balances
Liquid transfer pumps
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
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Asbestos gloves
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
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Photomultiplier tubes
Hot air blowers
Torsion balances
Turbidimeters
Deuterium lamps
Benchtop centrifuges
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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Finger pumps
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pH indicators
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Dye lasers
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Atomic emissions spectroscopes
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Ultracentrifuges
Optical compound microscopes
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
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Polarizers
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Meker burners
Infrared lamps
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
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Safety gloves
Vacuum gauges
Sample crushers
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Westphal balances
Distilling condensers
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Exhaust hoods
Volumetric glass pipettes
Hydrometers
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Lasers
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Mercury barometers
Tension gauges

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