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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 Matcher”

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
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.
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.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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