| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| 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. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Science - Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
| Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
| Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others. |
| 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. |
| Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| 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. |
| Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.) |
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| Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 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). |
