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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 “Colorist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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Rotary evaporators
Laboratory flasks
Organic carbon analyzers
Plastic cuvettes
Polarimeters
Asbestos gloves
Deuterium lamps
Ionization gauges
Graphite furnaces
Fluorimeters
Monochromators
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Safety goggles
Rheometers
Westphal balances
Gravity convection ovens
Refrigerated coolers
Hydrometers
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Mass spectrometers
Flame ionization detectors FID
Vapor monitor badges
Gravitational field indicators
Flame photometers
Laboratory tongs
Lecture bottles
Single-pan balances
Gas drying tubes
Photomultiplier tubes
Bomb calorimeters
Viscosity meters
Radioisotope fume hoods
Steam baths
Infrared lamps
Volumetric glass pipettes
Meker burners
Heating mantles
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Molecular stills
Radiation detectors
Velometers
Digital handheld thermometers
Automated microviscometers
Aneroid barometers
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Electronic toploading balances
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Fire extinguishers
Hazardous material protective clothing
Exhaust hoods
Prisms
Geiger-Muller counters
Differential scanning calorimeters
Pirani gauges
Constant temperature water baths
Evaporating dishes
Eyewash fountains
Unequal-arm balances
U-tube manometers
Safety gloves
Reaction flasks
Glass burets
Polarizers
Chromatography microsyringes
Dissolved oxygen meters
Capillary tubing
Magnetic stirring bars
Vacuum flask traps
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Rotameters
Optical compound microscopes
Ruby lasers
Spectrophotometers
Automated polarimeters
Distilling condensers
Gas chromatography equipment
McLeod gauges
Comparators
Agitation tanks
Canister gas masks
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Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
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Glass laboratory crucibles
Volumetric flasks
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Bourdon gauges
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Thermocouples
Personal computers
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Dust and particulate respirators
Muffle furnaces
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Torsion balances
Face shields
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Ultraviolet UV lamps
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Mortars and pestles
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Optical pyrometers
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Hollow cathode lamps
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Triple beam balances
pH indicators
Thermal conductivity detectors
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Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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Laboratory heating plates
Lasers
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Laboratory balances
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Beckmann thermometers
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Gas burners
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Hirsch funnels
Homogenizers
Differential refractometers
Gas leak detectors
Computer-controlled pumps
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Optical beamsplitting devices
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Safety showers
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Glass tubing
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Abbe refractometers
Transfer pipettes
Photocells
Dye lasers
Cooling baths
Tension gauges
Claisen flasks
Lyophilizers
Vacuum gauges
Mercury vapor lamps
Ultracentrifuges
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
High pressure sodium lamps
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Gooch crucibles
Pycnometers
Water aspirators
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Utility clamps
Finger pumps

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