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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 “Forensic Chemist”

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

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

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Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Laboratory information management system LIMS
SAP
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Microsoft Word
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