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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 “Laboratory Analyst (Lab Analyst)”

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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