Chemists
Tasks Include:
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.
- Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.
- Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
- Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +14.2%
National: +6.3%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$80,670.00
State
$85,260.00
Regional
Chemists
Description
Career Cluster: | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics |
Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.
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Chemists
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 55.91%
- Doctoral Degree = 30.02%
- Master's Degree = 9.91%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.16%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 37.28%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 28.70%
- None = 11.25%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.58%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 5.10%
- Over 10 years = 4.92%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.18%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 38.14%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.62%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.56%
- Up to and including 1 month = 13.31%
- None = 6.14%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.70%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.16%
- Over 10 years = 3.37%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 37.06%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.65%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 17.39%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.44%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.70%
- Over 10 years = 3.37%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.38%
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Chemists
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.
- Confer with scientists or engineers to conduct analyses of research projects, interpret test results, or develop nonstandard tests.
- Direct, coordinate, or advise personnel in test procedures for analyzing components or physical properties of materials.
- Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.
- Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.
- Prepare test solutions, compounds, or reagents for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.
- Maintain laboratory instruments to ensure proper working order and troubleshoot malfunctions when needed.
- Conduct quality control tests.
- Evaluate laboratory safety procedures to ensure compliance with standards or to make improvements as needed.
- Purchase laboratory supplies, such as chemicals, when supplies are low or near their expiration date.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Study effects of various methods of processing, preserving, or packaging on composition or properties of foods.
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Chemists
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Hot air blowers (Air dryers)
- Distillation pipings or columns or fittings (Airfree/waterfree solvent purification systems)
- Spirit burners (Alcohol lamps)
- Analytical balances
- Vacuum ovens (Annealing ovens)
- Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
- Hematology or chemistry mixers (Automatic peptide synthesizers)
- Titration equipment (Autotitrators)
- Laboratory beakers (Beakers)
- Freezedryers or lyophilzers (Benchtop lyophilizers)
- Laboratory box furnaces (Box furnace ovens)
- Gas burners (Bunsen burners)
- Laboratory burets (Burets)
- Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis (Capillary electrophoresis systems)
- Chemistry analyzers (Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN elemental analyzers)
- Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators (Centrifugal evaporator concentrators)
- Benchtop centrifuges (Chemical centrifuges)
- Laboratory chillers (Closed cycle refrigerators)
- Laboratory evaporators (Cold trap evaporators)
- High vacuum combustion apparatus (Combustion furnaces)
- Conductivity meters (Conductance meters)
- Thermal conductivity analyzers (Conductivity detectors)
- Conductivity meters
- General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers (Cryogenic refrigerators)
- Cryostats
- Cuvettes
- Heating or drying equipment or accessories (Deflagration spoons)
- Densitometers
- Desktop computers
- Calorimeters (Differential scanning calorimeters)
- Digital cameras
- Gel documentation accessories (Digital electrophoresis documentation and analysis systems)
- Gel documentation systems (Digital gel analyzer systems)
- Lasers (Diode lasers)
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Vacuum or rotary evaporators (Distillation ovens)
- Flask or retort units (Distilling units)
- Lasers (Dye lasers)
- Electrogravimetry analyzers (Electrochemical analyzers)
- Electronic toploading balances
- Laboratory flasks (Erlenmeyer flasks)
- Floor centrifuges
- Flow injection analysis equipment (Flow injection analyzers)
- Fluorescent microscopes (Fluorescence microscopes)
- Infrared spectrometers (Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers)
- Electrophoresis system accessories (Fraction collectors)
- Freeze dryers or lyopholizers (Freeze dryers)
- Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
- Laboratory funnels (Funnels)
- Galvanometers (Galvanostats)
- Mass spectrometers (Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS)
- Gas chromatographs (Gas chromatographs GC)
- Laboratory washing machines (Glassware washers)
- Laboratory graduated cylinders (Graduated cylinders)
- Laboratory mills (Grinder mills)
- Lasers (Helium-cadmium lasers)
- High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography (High-performance liquid chromatographs)
- Reactors or fermenters or digesters (High-pressure high-temperature reactors)
- High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography (High-pressure liquid chromatography systems)
- Benchtop centrifuges (High-speed centrifuges)
- Homogenizers
- Laboratory hotplates (Hot plates with magnetic stirrers)
- Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Hydrogenation apparatus)
- Electronic measuring probes (Immersion probes)
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS)
- Isolation glove boxes (Inert atmosphere glove boxes)
- Infrared spectrometers (Infrared IR spectrometers)
- Inverted microscopes
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters (Ion analyzers)
- Ion selective electrode ISE meters
- Titration equipment (Karl Fischer titrators)
- Laboratory heat exchange condensers (Lab heat exchangers)
- Laboratory presses
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Plotter printers (Large-format plotters)
- Laser beam analyzers (Laser power meters)
- Laser printers
- Liquid chromatographs (Liquid chromatographs LC)
- Liquid scintillation counters
- Spectrometers (Luminescence spectrometers)
- Analytical balances (Magnetic susceptibility balances)
- Magnetometer geophysical instruments (Magnetometers)
- Mainframe computers
- Mass spectrometers
- Melting point recorders (Melting point apparatus)
- Illuminators for microscopes (Mercury lamp photolysis systems)
- Laboratory balances (Micro electrobalances)
- Microcentrifuges
- Extracting equipment for laboratories (Microdistillation ovens)
- Injectors (Microinjectors)
- Dropping pipettes (Micropipettes)
- Spectrophotometers (Microplate spectrophotometers)
- Extracting equipment for laboratories (Microwave digestion systems)
- Hematology or chemistry mixers (Mini synthesizers)
- Monocular microscopes
- Microplates (Multiwell microplates)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Nanoscopes)
- Lasers (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers)
- Lasers (Nitrogen lasers)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
- Rheometers (Oscillating disc rheometers)
- Oscilloscopes
- Calorimeters (Oxygen bomb calorimeters)
- Optical diffraction apparatus (Particle size analyzers)
- Personal computers
- Petri plates or dishes (Petri dishes)
- pH meters
- Liquid chromatography fittings (Photochemical reactors)
- Lasers (Picosecond lasers)
- Dropping pipettes (Pipettes)
- Robotic or automated liquid handling systems (Pipetting stations)
- Laboratory mixers (Plasticorders)
- Polarimeters
- Polarizing microscopes
- Polarimeters (Polarographic analyzers)
- Potentiometers (Potentiostats)
- Pressure sensors
- Laboratory vacuum pumps (Reagent pumps)
- Chilling units or cold water circulators (Refrigerated circulators)
- Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges (Refrigerated high-speed centrifuges)
- Respirators
- Dissolved carbon dioxide analyzers (Respirometers)
- Vacuum or rotary evaporators (Rotary evaporators)
- Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
- Scanning probe microscopes (Scanning tunneling microscopes STM)
- Shaking incubators
- Orbital shaking water baths (Shaking waterbaths)
- Oscilloscopes (Signal average storage scopes)
- X ray diffraction equipment (Single crystal x ray diffractometers)
- Ageing ovens (Solar simulators)
- Solvent recyclers
- Ultrasonic disintegrators (Sonicators)
- Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (Spectrofluorimeters)
- Spectrometers
- Spectrophotometers
- Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators (Speed-vac concentrators)
- Tube furnaces (Split-hinge furnaces)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo zoom microscopes)
- Chart recorders (Strip chart recorders)
- Chemistry analyzers (Stripping analyzers)
- Syringe pumps
- Benchtop centrifuges (Tabletop centrifuges)
- Tension testers (Tensile testers)
- Multipurpose or general test tubes (Test tubes)
- Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers (Thermal cyclers)
- Thermo gravimetry analyzers (Thermal gravimetric analyzers)
- Laboratory funnels (Thistle tubes)
- Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts (Tissue culture plates)
- Titration equipment (Titrators)
- Electronic toploading balances (Top-loading electronic balances)
- Magnetic stirrers (Tube magnetic mixers)
- Tube furnaces (Tubular furnaces)
- Ultracentrifuges
- Spectrometers (Ultraviolet-visible spectrometers)
- Vacuum ovens
- Water baths
- Multiwell plates (Well tissue culture plates)
- X ray diffraction equipment
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Accelrys Cerius2
- Accelrys DeCipher
- Advanced Chemistry Development ACD/1D nuclear magnetic resonance NMR processor
- Agilent ChemStation
- Statistical software
- Spartan software
- Siemens SHELXTL
- SciQuest PE TurboChrom
- Bruker BioSpin TopSpin
- Waters Millennium32
- Q-Chem software
- Organic synthesis planning software
- Chem2Pac software
- Chemical kinetics software
- Wavefunction Spartan
- Laboratory information management system LIMS software
- ChemSW Calibration Pro
- Network Science IR Mentor Pro
- Multi-functional calculators
- ChemSW Mass Spec Tools
- ChemSW Uncertainty Pro
- Conversion tools software
- Crystallography software
- CrystalMaker software
- Density functional theory DFT software
- MSI Insight/Discover software
- JMP software
- Gas chromatograph GS software
- Gaussian software
- Molecular simulation software
- Modeling software
- Surface modeling software
- Synthematix StructureSearch
- Vogel Scientific Software Group CALACO
- Waters Empower Chromatography Data Software
- Charting software
- Microsoft Office Visio
- Computer aided design CAD software
- ChemInnovation Software Chem 4-D
- Hypercube HyperChem
- ChemSW Molecular Modeling Pro
- Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Molsearch Pro
- Oracle software
- eNotebook software
- ChemSW Buffer Maker
- JDA Arthur KnowledgeBase database
- Structured query language SQL
- LabTrack Electronic Lab Notebook
- Logger software
- Development environment software
- C
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Document management software
- ChemSW Laboratory Document Control System LDCS
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- SAP software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- MolDraw
- Graphics software
- Digital imaging software
- Internet browser software
- Internet browser software
- Inventory management software
- ItemTracker software
- ChemSW Chemical Inventory System CIS
- UBI Biotracker
- Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Sun Microsystems Java
- Office suite software
- NeoOffice
- Apple iWork software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Apple iWork Keynote
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software
- CambridgeSoft ChemOffice Ultra
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Apple iWork Numbers
- Web platform development software
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Word processing software
- Apple iWork Pages
- Microsoft Word
- Word processing software
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Chemists
Special Requirements
Education Requirements:
License Renewal:
American Board of Clinical Chemistry: Requires completion of 50 contact hours of continuing education every 2 years in addition to the CE renewal fee of $200 by March 1 of the appropriate year in order to remain in the directory of active Diplomates.
Required Fees:
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American Board of Clinical Chemistry
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NRCC
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AIC
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License application fee:
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$400
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$150
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-Student: $35
-Member: $110
-Fellow: $150
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Typical exam fee:
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$50 per part of the exam
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$175
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-No exam required
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License renewal fee:
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$200 every two years
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$85 per year or $230 for 3 years
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-Student member: $35 annually
-Member: $110 annually
-Retired member: $70 annually
-Fellow: $110 annually
-Retired Fellow: $75 annually
-Life Fellow: One-time fee of $1,200 and if they wish to receive a subscription to The Chemist, they must pay the subscription fee of $35 annually
-Honorary Fellow: No cost
-Emeritus Fellow: No cost for annual membership but must pay $35 subscription fee to receive The Chemist subscription
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Chemists
Additional Resources
General information on career opportunities and earnings for chemists is available from:
American Chemical Society
Education Division
1155 16th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.acs.org
Information on obtaining a position as a chemist with the Federal Government is available from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) through a telephone-based system. Consult your telephone directory under U.S. Government for a local number or call (912) 757-3000; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339 The first number is not tollfree and charges may result. Information also is available from the OPM Internet site:
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs1900/1980b.htm
For general information on materials science, contact:
Materials Research Society (MRS)
506 Keystone Dr.
Warrendale, PA 15086-7573
http://www.mrs.org
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Chemists
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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98.00 | 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. |
75.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
69.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
61.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
59.75 | 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. |
59.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
58.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
53.75 | 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. |
49.50 | 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. |
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Chemists
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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78.00 | Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
72.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
68.75 | 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. |
68.75 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
68.75 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
65.50 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
65.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
62.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
53.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Chemists
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
75.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
75.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
72.00 | 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 that there is a problem. |
72.00 | 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). |
72.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
65.50 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
59.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | 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). |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
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Chemists
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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84.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
79.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
77.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
77.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
76.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
73.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
72.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
72.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
70.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
69.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
69.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
68.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
68.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
64.00 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
62.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
61.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
59.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
58.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
58.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
56.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
55.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
55.00 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
51.75 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
51.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
50.75 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
50.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
50.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
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Chemists
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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89.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
85.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
84.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
83.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
82.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
78.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
76.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
74.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
74.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
73.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
71.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
69.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
65.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
59.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
49.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Chemists
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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77.83 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
72.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
69.50 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
66.67 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
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Chemists
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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98.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
96.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
95.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
94.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
93.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
88.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
82.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
79.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
76.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
76.40 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
75.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
73.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
72.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
71.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
71.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
70.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
69.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
69.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
68.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
62.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
61.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
61.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
59.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
58.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
57.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
54.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
51.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $49,050.00 | $80,670.00 | $109,270.00 |
Virginia | $49,530.00 | $85,260.00 | $120,320.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $91,754.09 | $154,587.75 | $184,750.16 |
Bay Consortium | $57,920.82 | $103,148.85 | $127,847.00 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $60,401.65 | $76,685.35 | $103,052.27 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $54,774.36 | $70,517.05 | $93,503.86 |
Crater Area | $64,584.46 | $82,300.18 | $107,879.96 |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $49,437.84 | $73,956.35 | $95,325.27 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $55,111.85 | $83,976.21 | $105,850.86 |
Northern Virginia | $75,992.72 | $122,015.14 | $148,625.06 |
Piedmont Workforce | $51,349.60 | $81,923.22 | $103,026.31 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $61,015.36 | $78,036.36 | $93,743.74 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $68,586.59 | $85,395.75 | $105,696.13 |
Western Virginia | $47,962.23 | $67,767.27 | $85,955.47 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 83,600 | 88,900 | +6.3% |
Virginia | 1,453 | 1,659 | +14.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 132 | 145 | +9.8% |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 248 | 292 | +17.7% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | 152 | 178 | +17.1% |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | 291 | 320 | +10.0% |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | 216 | 274 | +26.9% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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