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Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary - 25-1052.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include 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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Chemistry Professor
  • Professor
  • Chemistry Instructor
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Instructor
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry
  • Professor of Chemistry
  • Chemistry Faculty Member
  • Adjunct Instructor

SOC Occupation Groups

25-0000 Education, Training, and Library Occupations
25-1000 Postsecondary Teachers
25-1050 Physical Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
25-1052.00 Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary

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Tasks

  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Establish, teach, and monitor students' compliance with safety rules for handling chemicals, equipment, and other hazardous materials.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory performance, assignments, and papers.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Perform administrative duties such as serving as a department head.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and chemical separation.
  • Prepare and submit required reports related to instruction.
  • Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Select, order, and maintain materials and supplies for teaching and research, such as textbooks, chemicals, and laboratory equipment.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Serve on committees or in professional societies.
  • Supervise students' laboratory work.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

Detailed Work Activities

  • adhere to safety procedures
  • advise governmental or industrial personnel
  • advise students
  • analyze chemical experimental, test, or analysis data or findings
  • collect academic research data
  • compile bibliographies of specialized materials
  • conduct laboratory research or experiments
  • conduct research on work-related topics
  • conduct standardized qualitative laboratory analyses
  • conduct standardized quantitative laboratory analyses
  • convert information into instructional program
  • design classroom presentations
  • develop course or training objectives
  • develop instructional materials
  • direct and coordinate scientific research or investigative studies
  • encourage group participation
  • evaluate student performance
  • follow safe waste disposal procedures
  • maintain educational records, reports, or files
  • make education presentations
  • organize educational material or ideas
  • prepare educational reports
  • present research papers or dissertations on physical science issues
  • record student progress
  • teach college level courses
  • understand properties of gases or liquids
  • use chemical processing emergency procedures
  • use chemical testing or analysis procedures
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve educational data
  • use hazardous materials information
  • use interpersonal communication techniques
  • use knowledge of metric system
  • use library or online Internet research techniques
  • use oral or written communication techniques
  • use pollution control techniques
  • use public speaking techniques
  • use quantitative research methods
  • use scientific research methodology
  • use teaching techniques
  • write research or project grant proposals
  • write scholarly or technical research papers

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • USMA, Professor of Chemistry (Army - Commissioned Officer only)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Faculty Member, College or University