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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 “Criminalist”

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

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Constant temperature water baths
Gas burners
Automatic buret cleaners
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Electronic toploading balances
Immersion heaters
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
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High pressure sodium lamps
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Safety gloves
Personal computers
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Ultraviolet UV light detectors
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Benchtop centrifuges
Drying pistols
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Filter pumps
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Rheometers
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Glass tubing
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
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Mainframe computers
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Graphite furnaces
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Torsion balances
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pH indicators
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Computer-controlled pumps
Laboratory balances
Safety glasses
Glass laboratory crucibles
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Dust and particulate respirators
Rotameters
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Safety showers
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Deuterium lamps
Dye lasers
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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Triple beam balances
Perchloric acid hoods
Pirani gauges
Monochromators
Hydrometers
Geiger-Muller counters
Test tube clamps
Diffusion pumps
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Laboratory heating plates
Steam baths
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Magnetic stirring bars
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Laboratory pressing equipment
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Reflux condensers
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McLeod gauges
Graphing calculators
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Bunsen burners
Liquid chromatography equipment
Lyophilizers
Ultracentrifuges
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Autotitrators
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Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
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Cooling baths
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Pressure gauges
Optical compound microscopes
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Photomultiplier tubes
Fluorimeters
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Magnetic agitators
Ruby lasers
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Mortars and pestles
Gooch crucibles
Safety goggles
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Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
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Glass burets
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
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Laboratory tongs
Mercury vapor lamps
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Turbidimeters
Agitation tanks
Liquid transfer pumps
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Velometers
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Laboratory flasks

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