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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 “Grey Goods Tester”

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

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

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