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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”

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

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

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