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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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Computer-controlled pumps
Refrigerated coolers
Radiation detectors
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Autotitrators
Claisen flasks
pH indicators
Hot air blowers
Flame photometers
Buchner funnels
Photo detectors
Pull spring balances
Steam baths
Aneroid barometers
Laboratory blenders
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Mortars and pestles
Rotameters
Unequal-arm balances
Single-pan balances
Asbestos gloves
Chromatography developing tanks
Laboratory flasks
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Eyewash fountains
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Photomultiplier tubes
Exhaust hoods
Volumetric flasks
Utility clamps
Optical compound microscopes
Gravitational field indicators
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Gas drying tubes
Vapor monitor badges
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Velometers
Fluid scintillation counters
Dust and particulate respirators
Sample crushers
Rheometers
Laboratory tongs
Ultracentrifuges
Heating mantles
Finger pumps
U-tube manometers
Liquid chromatography equipment
Test tube clamps
Gravity convection ovens
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Bubble flow meters
Reaction flasks
Laminar flow burners
Volumetric glass pipettes
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Glass burets
Hydrometers
Ammeters
Glass laboratory crucibles
Automatic buret cleaners
Radioisotope fume hoods
Pirani gauges
Diffusion pumps
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Lecture bottles
High pressure sodium lamps
Rotary evaporators
Lasers
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Safety gloves
Safety showers
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Laboratory heating plates
Bunsen burners
Torsion balances
Mercury barometers
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Chromatography microsyringes
Muffle furnaces
Comparators
Water aspirators
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Gas leak detectors
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Laboratory balances
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Geiger-Muller counters
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Safety glasses
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Laboratory vacuum pumps
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Pressure gauges
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Mass spectrometers
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Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Graphing calculators
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Tension gauges
Laboratory drying ovens
Automatic burets
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Electronic toploading balances
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