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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 “Rayon Tester”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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