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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”

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.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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