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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”

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

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

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