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Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
$80.72K Median Salary 2.6K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 7.8% Job Growth
About This Career
Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include providing instruction in the methods of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Reported Job Titles
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Biochemistry Professor, Chemistry Faculty Member, Chemistry Instructor, Chemistry Professor, Instructor, Lecturer, Organic Chemistry Professor, Professor
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Oral Expression
Written Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Written Comprehension
Inductive Reasoning
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Problem Sensitivity
Near Vision
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering
Fluency of Ideas
Selective Attention
Flexibility of Closure
Mathematical Reasoning
Memorization
Originality
Knowledge
Chemistry
English Language
Mathematics
Education and Training
Biology
Physics
Engineering and Technology
Computers and Electronics
Public Safety and Security
Skills
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Writing
Active Learning
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Learning Strategies
Monitoring
Science
Complex Problem Solving
Instructing
Judgment and Decision Making
Mathematics
Social Perceptiveness
Systems Analysis
Coordination
Persuasion
Service Orientation
Time Management
Technology Skills
Word processing software
Analytical or scientific software
Computer based training software
Electronic mail software
Information retrieval or search software
Spreadsheet software
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Office suite software
Internet browser software
Presentation software
Calendar and scheduling software
Tools
Microphones
Calorimeters
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
Solid phase extraction SPE columns
Laboratory dishes
Televisions
Portable data input terminals
Lasers
Thermo gravimetry analyzers
Epidiascopes
Web cameras
Photocopiers
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
General purpose refrigerators or refrigerator freezers
Photometer
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers
Microphone stand
Scanners
Orbital shakers
Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers
Gel dryers
Vacuum pumps
Videoconferencing systems
Distillation pipings or columns or fittings
Teleconference equipment
Cryostats
Notebook computers
Projection screens or displays
Touch screen monitors
Benchtop centrifuges
Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cDNA synthesis kits
Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors
MP3 players or recorders
Flame ionization analyzers
Vacuum desiccators
Inkjet printers
Mass spectrometers
Digital cameras
Slide projectors
X ray diffraction equipment
Polarimeters
Liquid crystal display projector
Laser printers
Shaking incubators
Capillary tube assemblies
Compact disk players or recorders
Electrometers
Monochromators
Polarizing microscopes
Isolation glove boxes
Spectrophotometers
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Digital video disk players or recorders
Electrodes
Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Special purpose telephones
Overhead projectors
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Pocket calculator
Ultracentrifuges
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment
Microplate readers
Infrared spectrometers
Laser fax machine
Oscilloscopes
Multimedia projectors
Laboratory safety furnaces
Microcentrifuges
Tube furnaces
Desktop computers
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
Tablet computers
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