Chemical Technicians

Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.

Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.

Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.

Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.

Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.

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.

Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.

Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.

Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.