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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 “Criminalist”

Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
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.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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