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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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