Chemical Technicians

Chemical Technicians typically perform the following tasks: • 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. • 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. • Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas. • Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses. • Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits. • Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers. • Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products. • Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment. • Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results. • Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies. • Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design. • Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products. • Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes. • Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.