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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”

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

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Electronic toploading balances
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Ruby lasers
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Ionization gauges
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Autotitrators
Laboratory pressing equipment
Ball mills
Hirsch funnels
Laboratory heating plates
Mercury vapor lamps
Monochromators
Rotameters
Spectrophotometers
Coulometers
Metering pumps
Dust and particulate respirators
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Fluorimeters
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Refrigerated coolers
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Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Heating mantles
Desktop computers
Asbestos gloves
Computer-controlled pumps
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Hollow cathode lamps
Pressure gauges
Ultracentrifuges
Safety showers
Diffusion pumps
Volumetric glass pipettes
Face shields
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Gooch crucibles
Hot air blowers
Lasers
Canister gas masks
Liquid transfer pumps
Thermocouples
Filter pumps
Vacuum gauges
Unequal-arm balances
Magnetic stirring bars
Laboratory balances
Dessicators
Flame ionization detectors FID
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Bubble flow meters
Bell jars
Meker burners
Differential scanning calorimeters
U-tube manometers
Mortars and pestles
pH indicators
Mainframe computers
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Gravitational field indicators
Reaction flasks
Capillary tubing
Closed-end manometers
Bomb calorimeters
Ammeters
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Dissolved oxygen meters
Volumetric flasks
Automatic buret cleaners
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Exhaust hoods
Volume displacement pumps
Magnetic agitators
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Finger pumps
Eyewash fountains
Velometers
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Bunsen burners
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Chromatography developing tanks
Organic carbon analyzers
Rotary evaporators
Glass tubing
Cartesian manostats
Constant temperature water baths
Hazardous material protective clothing
Cork borer sets
Muffle furnaces
Geiger-Muller counters
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Laboratory tongs
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Deuterium lamps
Optical compound microscopes
Reflux condensers
Optical pyrometers
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Graphing calculators
Gravity convection ovens
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Differential refractometers
Automatic burets
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Infrared IR spectroscopes
Liquid chromatography equipment
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Westphal balances
Vapor monitor badges
Glass laboratory crucibles
Gas leak detectors
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Single-pan balances
Beckmann thermometers
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Chromatography microsyringes
Mercury barometers
Cooling baths
Vacuum flask traps
Automated polarimeters
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Titrators
Glass burets
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Pirani gauges
Flame photometers
Sample crushers
Benchtop centrifuges
Radiation detectors
Turbidimeters
Optical beamsplitting devices
Laboratory blenders
Drying pistols
McLeod gauges
Thermal conductivity detectors
Abbe refractometers
Safety gloves
Fluid scintillation counters
Radioisotope fume hoods
Homogenizers
Mass spectrometers
Claisen flasks

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