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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 “Dye Colorist Formulator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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