CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies

Chemists, Except Biochemists

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CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Summary Job Description Tasks
Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge. Analyze organic and inorganic compounds to determine chemical and physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, and reactions, utilizing chromatography, spectroscopy, and spectrophotometry techniques.
 
Develop, improve, and customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, and analytical methods.
 
Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency and to diagnose malfunctions.
 
Confer with scientists and engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.
 
Direct, coordinate, and advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components and physical properties of materials.
 
Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, and chemical catalysts for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
 
Write technical papers and reports and prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.
 
Study effects of various methods of processing, preserving, and packaging on composition and properties of foods.
 
Prepare test solutions, compounds, and reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct test.
 
Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.
 
Conduct quality control tests.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Important Knowledge Competencies Competency Description
Chemistry Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
 
Mathematics Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 
Computers and Electronics Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 
English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 
Production and Processing Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
 
Customer and Personal Service Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 
Clerical Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 
Engineering and Technology Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
 
Administration and Management Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 
Education and Training Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 
Physics Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
 
Mechanical Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Important Skill Competencies Competency Description
Science Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
 
Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
 
Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
 
Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
 
Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
 
Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
 
Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
 
Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
 
Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
 
Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
 
Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
 
Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.
 
Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
 
Operation Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
 
Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
 
Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
 
Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
 
Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
 
Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
 
Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
 
Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
 
Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
 
Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Important Ability Competencies Competency Description
Oral Comprehension The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 
Written Comprehension The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
 
Problem Sensitivity The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
 
Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
 
Near Vision The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
 
Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
 
Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 
Information Ordering The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
 
Category Flexibility The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
 
Mathematical Reasoning The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
 
Written Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
 
Number Facility The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
 
Flexibility of Closure The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
 
Finger Dexterity The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
 
Visual Color Discrimination The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
 
Speech Recognition The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
 
Speech Clarity The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
 
Fluency of Ideas The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
 
Selective Attention The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
 
Originality The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
 
Perceptual Speed The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
 
Visualization The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
 
Arm-Hand Steadiness The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
 
Far Vision The ability to see details at a distance.
 
Memorization The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
 
Time Sharing The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
 
Manual Dexterity The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
 
Control Precision The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
 
Hearing Sensitivity The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Tools/Technology Example Product Category
Accelrys Cerius2 Analytical or scientific software
 
Accelrys DeCipher Analytical or scientific software
 
Advanced Chemistry Development ACD/1D nuclear magnetic resonance NMR processor Analytical or scientific software
 
Agilent ChemStation Analytical or scientific software
 
Apple iWork Keynote Presentation software
 
Apple iWork Numbers Spreadsheet software
 
Apple iWork Pages Word processing software
 
Apple iWork software Office suite software
 
Bruker BioSpin TopSpin Analytical or scientific software
 
C Development environment software
 
C++ Object or component oriented development software
 
CambridgeSoft ChemOffice Ultra Project management software
 
Chem2Pac software Analytical or scientific software
 
ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D Computer aided design CAD software
 
ChemSW Buffer Maker Data base user interface and query software
 
ChemSW Calibration Pro Analytical or scientific software
 
ChemSW Chemical Inventory System CIS Inventory management software
 
ChemSW Laboratory Document Control System LDCS Document management software
 
ChemSW Mass Spec Tools Analytical or scientific software
 
ChemSW Molecular Modeling Pro Computer aided design CAD software
 
ChemSW Uncertainty Pro Analytical or scientific software
 
Chemical kinetics software Analytical or scientific software
 
Conversion tools software Analytical or scientific software
 
CrystalMaker software Analytical or scientific software
 
Crystallography software Analytical or scientific software
 
Density functional theory DFT software Analytical or scientific software
 
Digital imaging software Graphics or photo imaging software
 
Gas chromatograph GS software Analytical or scientific software
 
Gaussian software Analytical or scientific software
 
Graphics software Graphics or photo imaging software
 
Hypercube HyperChem Computer aided design CAD software
 
Hypertext markup language HTML Web platform development software
 
Internet browser software Internet browser software
 
ItemTracker software Inventory management software
 
JDA Arthur KnowledgeBase database Data base user interface and query software
 
JMP software Analytical or scientific software
 
LabTrack Electronic Lab Notebook Data base user interface and query software
 
Laboratory information management system LIMS software Analytical or scientific software
 
Logger software Data base user interface and query software
 
MSI Insight/Discover software Analytical or scientific software
 
Microsoft Access Data base user interface and query software
 
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software
 
Microsoft Office Visio Charting software
 
Microsoft Office software Office suite software
 
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software
 
Microsoft Visual Basic Development environment software
 
Microsoft Word Word processing software
 
Modeling software Analytical or scientific software
 
MolDraw Graphics or photo imaging software
 
Molecular simulation software Analytical or scientific software
 
Molsearch Pro Data base user interface and query software
 
Multi-functional calculators Analytical or scientific software
 
NeoOffice Office suite software
 
Network Science IR Mentor Pro Analytical or scientific software
 
Oracle software Data base user interface and query software
 
Organic synthesis planning software Analytical or scientific software
 
Q-Chem software Analytical or scientific software
 
SAP software Enterprise resource planning ERP software
 
SciQuest PE TurboChrom Analytical or scientific software
 
Siemens SHELXTL Analytical or scientific software
 
Spartan software Analytical or scientific software
 
Statistical software Analytical or scientific software
 
Structured query language SQL Data base user interface and query software
 
Sun Microsystems Java Object or component oriented development software
 
Surface modeling software Analytical or scientific software
 
Synthematix StructureSearch Analytical or scientific software
 
UBI Biotracker Inventory management software
 
Vogel Scientific Software Group CALACO Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters Empower Chromatography Data Software Analytical or scientific software
 
Waters Millennium32 Analytical or scientific software
 
Wavefunction Spartan Analytical or scientific software
 
Word processing software Word processing software
 
eNotebook software Data base user interface and query software
 
Air dryers Hot air blowers
 
Airfree/waterfree solvent purification systems Distillation pipings or columns or fittings
 
Alcohol lamps Spirit burners
 
Analytical balances Analytical balances
 
Annealing ovens Vacuum ovens
 
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
 
Automatic peptide synthesizers Hematology or chemistry mixers
 
Autotitrators Titration equipment
 
Beakers Laboratory beakers
 
Benchtop lyophilizers Freezedryers or lyophilzers
 
Box furnace ovens Laboratory box furnaces
 
Bunsen burners Gas burners
 
Burets Laboratory burets
 
Capillary electrophoresis systems Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
 
Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN elemental analyzers Chemistry analyzers
 
Centrifugal evaporator concentrators Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
 
Chemical centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Closed cycle refrigerators Laboratory chillers
 
Cold trap evaporators Laboratory evaporators
 
Combustion furnaces High vacuum combustion apparatus
 
Conductance meters Conductivity meters
 
Conductivity detectors Thermal conductivity analyzers
 
Conductivity meters Conductivity meters
 
Cryogenic refrigerators General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers
 
Cryostats Cryostats
 
Cuvettes Cuvettes
 
Deflagration spoons Heating or drying equipment or accessories
 
Densitometers Densitometers
 
Desktop computers Desktop computers
 
Differential scanning calorimeters Calorimeters
 
Digital cameras Digital cameras
 
Digital electrophoresis documentation and analysis systems Gel documentation accessories
 
Digital gel analyzer systems Gel documentation systems
 
Diode lasers Lasers
 
Dissolved oxygen meters Dissolved oxygen meters
 
Distillation ovens Vacuum or rotary evaporators
 
Distilling units Flask or retort units
 
Dye lasers Lasers
 
Electrochemical analyzers Electrogravimetry analyzers
 
Electronic toploading balances Electronic toploading balances
 
Erlenmeyer flasks Laboratory flasks
 
Floor centrifuges Floor centrifuges
 
Flow injection analyzers Flow injection analysis equipment
 
Fluorescence microscopes Fluorescent microscopes
 
Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers Infrared spectrometers
 
Fraction collectors Electrophoresis system accessories
 
Freeze dryers Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
 
Fume hoods Fume hoods or cupboards
 
Funnels Laboratory funnels
 
Galvanostats Galvanometers
 
Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS Mass spectrometers
 
Gas chromatographs GC Gas chromatographs
 
Glassware washers Laboratory washing machines
 
Graduated cylinders Laboratory graduated cylinders
 
Grinder mills Laboratory mills
 
Helium-cadmium lasers Lasers
 
High-performance liquid chromatographs High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
 
High-pressure high-temperature reactors Reactors or fermenters or digesters
 
High-pressure liquid chromatography systems High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
 
High-speed centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Homogenizers Homogenizers
 
Hot plates with magnetic stirrers Laboratory hotplates
 
Hydrogenation apparatus Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
 
Immersion probes Electronic measuring probes
 
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers
 
Inert atmosphere glove boxes Isolation glove boxes
 
Infrared IR spectrometers Infrared spectrometers
 
Inverted microscopes Inverted microscopes
 
Ion analyzers Ion selective electrode ISE meters
 
Ion selective electrode ISE meters Ion selective electrode ISE meters
 
Karl Fischer titrators Titration equipment
 
Lab heat exchangers Laboratory heat exchange condensers
 
Laboratory presses Laboratory presses
 
Laboratory vacuum pumps Laboratory vacuum pumps
 
Laptop computers Notebook computers
 
Large-format plotters Plotter printers
 
Laser power meters Laser beam analyzers
 
Laser printers Laser printers
 
Liquid chromatographs LC Liquid chromatographs
 
Liquid scintillation counters Liquid scintillation counters
 
Luminescence spectrometers Spectrometers
 
Magnetic susceptibility balances Analytical balances
 
Magnetometers Magnetometer geophysical instruments
 
Mainframe computers Mainframe computers
 
Mass spectrometers Mass spectrometers
 
Melting point apparatus Melting point recorders
 
Mercury lamp photolysis systems Illuminators for microscopes
 
Micro electrobalances Laboratory balances
 
Microcentrifuges Microcentrifuges
 
Microdistillation ovens Extracting equipment for laboratories
 
Microinjectors Injectors
 
Micropipettes Dropping pipettes
 
Microplate spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Microwave digestion systems Extracting equipment for laboratories
 
Mini synthesizers Hematology or chemistry mixers
 
Monocular microscopes Monocular microscopes
 
Multiwell microplates Microplates
 
Nanoscopes Scanning probe microscopes
 
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers Lasers
 
Nitrogen lasers Lasers
 
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
 
Oscillating disc rheometers Rheometers
 
Oscilloscopes Oscilloscopes
 
Oxygen bomb calorimeters Calorimeters
 
Particle size analyzers Optical diffraction apparatus
 
Personal computers Personal computers
 
Petri dishes Petri plates or dishes
 
Photochemical reactors Liquid chromatography fittings
 
Picosecond lasers Lasers
 
Pipettes Dropping pipettes
 
Pipetting stations Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
 
Plasticorders Laboratory mixers
 
Polarimeters Polarimeters
 
Polarizing microscopes Polarizing microscopes
 
Polarographic analyzers Polarimeters
 
Potentiostats Potentiometers
 
Pressure sensors Pressure sensors
 
Reagent pumps Laboratory vacuum pumps
 
Refrigerated circulators Chilling units or cold water circulators
 
Refrigerated high-speed centrifuges Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
 
Respirators Respirators
 
Respirometers Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers
 
Rotary evaporators Vacuum or rotary evaporators
 
Scanning electron microscopes SEM Scanning electron microscopes
 
Scanning tunneling microscopes STM Scanning probe microscopes
 
Shaking incubators Shaking incubators
 
Shaking waterbaths Orbital shaking water baths
 
Signal average storage scopes Oscilloscopes
 
Single crystal x ray diffractometers X ray diffraction equipment
 
Solar simulators Ageing ovens
 
Solvent recyclers Solvent recyclers
 
Sonicators Ultrasonic disintegrators
 
Spectrofluorimeters Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters
 
Spectrometers Spectrometers
 
Spectrophotometers Spectrophotometers
 
Speed-vac concentrators Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
 
Split-hinge furnaces Tube furnaces
 
Stereo zoom microscopes Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
 
Strip chart recorders Chart recorders
 
Stripping analyzers Chemistry analyzers
 
Syringe pumps Syringe pumps
 
Tabletop centrifuges Benchtop centrifuges
 
Tensile testers Tension testers
 
Test tubes Multipurpose or general test tubes
 
Thermal cyclers Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
 
Thermal gravimetric analyzers Thermo gravimetry analyzers
 
Thistle tubes Laboratory funnels
 
Tissue culture plates Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
 
Titrators Titration equipment
 
Top-loading electronic balances Electronic toploading balances
 
Tube magnetic mixers Magnetic stirrers
 
Tubular furnaces Tube furnaces
 
Ultracentrifuges Ultracentrifuges
 
Ultraviolet-visible spectrometers Spectrometers
 
Vacuum ovens Vacuum ovens
 
Water baths Water baths
 
Well tissue culture plates Multiwell plates
 
X ray diffraction equipment X ray diffraction equipment
 
pH meters pH meters
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Prerequisite Qualification Category Education and Experience Level
Required Level of Education Bachelor's Degree
 
Related Work Experience Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
 
On-the-Job Training Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
Alternate Job Title(s)
Agricultural Chemist
Air Quality Chemist
Analytical Chemist
Analytical Specialist
Astrochemist
Bench Chemist
Cement Chemist
Ceramic Chemist
Cereal Chemist
Chemical Analyst
Chemical Economist
Chemical Laboratory Chief
Chemist
Coagulating Drying Supervisor
Coal Chemist
Control Chemist
Cosmetic Chemist
Criminalist
Dairy Chemist
Electrochemist
Environmental Chemist
Finish Chemist
Food Chemist
Food Processing Chemist
Forensic Chemist
Formulary Chemist
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analyst (GC-MS Analyst)
Industrial Chemist
Inorganic Chemist
Laboratory Chemist
Laboratory Manager
Laboratory Supervisor
Mass Spectrometry Engineer
Medical Chemist
Medical Product Development Chemist
Metals Analyst
Method Development Scientist
Mix Chemist
Nuclear Chemist
Nutritional Chemist
Oil Expert
Organic Analyst
Organic Chemist
Patent Chemist
Pesticide Chemist
Pharmaceutical Analyst
Pharmaceutical Chemist
Pharmaceutical Scientist
Physical Chemist
Physiological Chemist
Powder Expert
Process Chemist
Product Development Chemist
Product Safety Manager
Quality Control Chemist
Research Chemist
Research Scientist
Research and Development Chemist
Rubber Chemist
Sanitary Chemist
Scientist
Soil Chemist
Synthesis Chemist
Textile Chemist
Water Chemist
Wet Chemistry Analyst
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Engineering/Scientific
Job Family: Chemists
Benchmark Title: Chemists, Except Biochemists
 
 
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