Chemists

Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

On the job, you would:

• Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.
• Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
• Induce changes in composition of substances by introducing heat, light, energy, or chemical catalysts for quantitative or qualitative analysis.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• doctoral degree

Math and Science

• chemistry
• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

• manufacture and distribution of products

Business

• management

Basic Skills

• using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Investigative

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Independence
• Integrity
• Dependability
• Cooperation

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• communicate by writing

Math

• choose the right type of math to solve a problem
• add, subtract, multiply, or divide

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• use rules to solve problems

Visual Understanding

• see hidden patterns