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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 “Color Maker Formulator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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