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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 “Formulator”

Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
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.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
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.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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