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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 “Cloth Tester”

Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
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.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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