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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 “Fiber Analyst”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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