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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 Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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