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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 “Textile Technologist”

Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
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.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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