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Job Description

Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 49,770.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 23.00
Currently, there are 65,510 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Organic Preparation Technician”

Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.

Related Technology & Tools

Transfer pipettes
Infrared lamps
Gas drying tubes
Glass laboratory crucibles
Plastic cuvettes
Ion exchange chromatography equipment
Photomultiplier tubes
Titrators
Automatic buret cleaners
Flame ionization detectors FID
Differential refractometers
Lyophilizers
Bubble flow meters
Volumetric glass pipettes
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Tension gauges
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Distilling condensers
Ionization gauges
Polarimeters
Molecular stills
Ball mills
Pull spring balances
Radioisotope fume hoods
Differential scanning calorimeters
Fluorimeters
Automatic pipette cleaners
Canister gas masks
Ultracentrifuges
Torsion balances
Eyewash fountains
Unequal-arm balances
Geiger-Muller counters
Glass tubing
Automated microviscometers
Graphing calculators
Deuterium lamps
pH indicators
Bunsen burners
Pressure gauges
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Vapor monitor badges
Utility clamps
Asbestos gloves
Voltmeters
Photocells
Volumetric flasks
Gravitational field indicators
Vacuum flask traps
McLeod gauges
Hirsch funnels
Diffusion pumps
Automatic burets
Metering pumps
Flame photometers
Laboratory heating plates
Immersion heaters
Face shields
Desktop computers
Computer-controlled pumps
Hot air blowers
Laboratory blenders
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Fire extinguishers
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Infrared IR spectroscopes
Hollow cathode lamps
Heating mantles
Hazardous material protective clothing
Bell jars
Monochromators
Laminar flow burners
Dye lasers
High pressure sodium lamps
Capillary tubing
Digital handheld thermometers
Multimeters
Comparators
Westphal balances
Radiation detectors
Laboratory pressing equipment
Liquid chromatography equipment
Magnetic stirring bars
Dust and particulate respirators
Vacuum gauges
Agitation tanks
Autotitrators
Viscosity meters
Test tube clamps
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Mainframe computers
Water aspirators
Closed-end manometers
Rheometers
Chromatography developing tanks
Lecture bottles
Cork borer sets
Optical compound microscopes
Glass burets
Constant temperature water baths
Velometers
Finger pumps
Coulometers
Refrigerated coolers
Graphite furnaces
Laboratory balances
Benchtop centrifuges
Personal computers
Gas chromatography equipment
Mass spectrometers
Thermal conductivity detectors
Beckmann thermometers
Steam baths
Exhaust hoods
Magnetic agitators
Claisen flasks
Laboratory drying ovens
Cartesian manostats
U-tube manometers
Liquid transfer pumps
Fluid scintillation counters
Hydrometers
Bimetallic strip thermometers
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Aneroid barometers
Gravity convection ovens
Mortars and pestles
Safety gloves
Perchloric acid hoods
Evaporating dishes
Laboratory centrifugal pumps
Chromatography microsyringes
Nebulizers
Filter pumps
Pirani gauges
Abbe refractometers
Mercury vapor lamps
Ruby lasers
Buchner funnels
Meker burners
Pycnometers
Prisms
Bourdon gauges
Sample crushers
Mercury barometers
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Ammeters
Photo detectors
Volume displacement pumps
Gooch crucibles
Cooling baths
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Safety showers
Rotary evaporators
Bomb calorimeters
Evaporator rotators
Automated polarimeters
Rotameters
Lasers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Homogenizers
Explosion-proof fume hoods
Muffle furnaces
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Dessicators
Laboratory flasks
Reaction flasks
Thermocouples
Triple beam balances
Gas burners
Safety glasses
Optical beamsplitting devices
Polarizers
Drying pistols
Spectrophotometers
Gas leak detectors
Single-pan balances
Electronic toploading balances
Reflux condensers
Turbidimeters
Laboratory tongs
Safety goggles
Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Optical pyrometers
Organic carbon analyzers

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