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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 Formulator”

Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
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.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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