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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 Expert”

Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
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.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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