Chemist, polymers

Chemists conduct research and experimental development, improve or develop concepts, theories and operational methods, or apply this knowledge of chemistry, mainly to test, develop and improve materials and industrial products and to control production processes.

• conducting research and improving or developing concepts, instrumentation, theories and operational methods related to chemistry;
• conducting experiments, tests and analyses to investigate the chemical composition, energy and chemical changes in various natural or synthetic substances, materials and products;
• developing environmental pollution control, quality control and other procedures for manufacturers or users;
• conducting programmes of sample collection and analysis to identify and quantify environmental pollutants;
• participating in interdisciplinary research and development projects together with chemical engineers, biologists, microbiologists, agronomists, geologists and other professionals;
• using micro-organisms to produce new compounds by transforming existing substances;
• determining ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials;
• reproducing and synthesising naturally occurring substances and creating new artificial compounds;
• preparing scientific papers and reports.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Chemist