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What can I do with a major in
Chemistry – ACS Certificate?
CAREER OPTIONS*
Administrative Office Color Development Chemist Pharmaceutical Sales
Agricultural Scientist Combustion Engineer Representative
Air Analyst Crime Lab Analyst Pharmacist
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Customer Relations Manager Physician
Inspector/Investigator Cytotechnologist Physician's Assistant
Assayer Dentist Planner
Biochemist Electron Microscopist Plant Protection Inspector
Brewer Lab Assistant Environmental Health Specialist Plastics Engineer
Cepalometric Analyst Facilities Manager Private Business Owner
Chemical Analyst Fire Protection Engineer Process Engineer
Chemical Laboratory Supervisor Food and Drug Inspector Product Tester
Chemical Oceanographer Food Scientist Technician Production Engineer
Chemical-Laboratory Technician Forensic Chemist Production Manager
Chemist Genetic Counselor Purchasing Agent
Chemist, Agricultural Geochemist Quality Assurance Manager
Chemist, Analytical Hematology Technologist Quality Control Engineer
Chemist, Clinical High School Teacher Quality Control Supervisor
Chemist, Dye Hospital Administrator Quality Control Technician
Chemist, Food Hydrologist Radiologist
Chemist, Glass Industrial Engineer Risk Manager
Chemist, Industrial Industrial Hygienist Sanitarian
Chemist, Inorganic Laboratory Assistant Science Lab Technician
Chemist, Leather Laboratory Instructor Soil Scientist
Chemist, Literature Editor Laboratory Supervisor Supervisor, Publication
Chemist, Medical Technologist Laboratory Tester System Analyst
Chemist, Nuclear Manufacturers Representative Teacher, College
Chemist, Organic Market Research Analyst Technical Library Operations
Chemist, Pharmaceutical Medical Doctor Technical Writer
Chemist, Physical Medical Technician Tissue Technologist
Chemist, Polymers Microbiologist Toxicologist
Chemist, Product Development Molecular Biologist Translator, Scientific Documents
Chemist, Quality Control Museum Technician Underwater Technician
Chemist, Research Narcotics Investigator Vector Control Assistant
Chemist, Soil Occupational Safety Specialist Veterinarian
Chemist, Textile Operations Manager Wastewater Treatment Chemist
Chemistry Technologist Packaging Manager Water Purification Chemist
Clarifying Plant Operator Patent Examiner Yeast Culture Developer
College Professor Perfumer
*Some of these careers will require additional education or work experience.
100 N. University Drive, Box 126, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 Nigh University Center, 338 • www.careers.uco.edu
Tel: 405.974.3346 • Fax: 405.974.3826 • Email: careers@uco.edu
POSSIBLE HIRING INSTITUTIONS
Aerospace and components firms Medical/technical libraries
Agencies/departments Metal and mineral products companies
Agricultural/conservation organizations Mining companies
Airlines National careers institute
Atomic energy firms Paper companies
Beverage processing companies Petroleum and coal firms
Drug, chemical and pharmaceutical companies Pipeline transportation companies
Educational institutions Professional and technical journals
Electric light and power services Public health service
Electronics and instruments stores Publishing companies
Engineering firms Recreational facilities
Environmental Protection Agency Research and consulting organizations
Equipment companies: automotive Shipping, water, and transportation companies
Equipment companies: electrical Social Security Administration
Equipment companies: industrial Telephone and telegraph services
Equipment companies: mechanical Television companies
Equipment companies: photographic Tire and rubber companies
Food processing companies Tobacco companies
Forestry centers U.S. Department of Commerce
Fuels and fuel dealerships U.S. Department of Defense
Furniture companies U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Glass production companies U.S. Department of Interior
Hospitals U.S. Department of Labor
Leather products U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Manufacturing/processing companies U.S. Veterans Administration
Medical laboratories Utility companies
Medical services
SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH A CHEMISTRY – ACS CERTIFICATE & HEALTH SCIENCES MAJOR
• Analysis Skills: Summarizes research findings, attends to details, analyzes data, tests hypotheses, develops
theories, clarifies problems, identifies relationships between problems/solutions, reasons by analogy,
perceives patterns/structures, applies logic to problems and evaluates data and results.
• Investigation Skills: Remains objective, reviews relevant data, applies concepts, utilizes formulas, gathers
information, observes carefully, asks questions, designs experiments and applies knowledge creatively.
• Technical Skills: Processes data, solves quantitative problems, calculates, tabulates data, samples for
surveys, uses laboratory equipment and maintains precision and accuracy.
• Communication Skills: Writes for technical and non-technical audiences, organizes and reports data,
designs charts/graphs, informs/explains and reports results and conclusions orally and in writing.
• Transferable Skills: Possesses good vision and manual dexterity; has an aptitude for accurate details;
organizes, analyzes and interprets scientific data; reads, writes, speaks and memorizes proficiently; makes
critical observations and appropriate decisions and possesses strong mathematical background.
100 N. University Drive, Box 126, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 Nigh University Center, 338 • www.careers.uco.edu
Tel: 405.974.3346 • Fax: 405.974.3826 • Email: careers@uco.edu
RELATED CHEMISTRY – ACS CERTIFICATE & HEALTH SCIENCES WEBSITES
http://www.acs.org/ http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos029.htm
http://www.chemweek.com/ http://online.onetcenter.org/
http://ci.mond.org/
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Tel: 405.974.3346 • Fax: 405.974.3826 • Email: careers@uco.edu
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