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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 Technician (Lab Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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