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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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