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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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