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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 “Concrete Tester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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