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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 Tester”

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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Laboratory information management system LIMS
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SAP