Chemical Technicians

Core Tasks

1. Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
2. Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
3. Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
4. Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
5. Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
6. Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
7. Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
8. Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
9. Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
10. Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
11. Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
12. Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

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