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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 “Formulation Technician”

Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.

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

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