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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 “Research Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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