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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 Tester (Lab Tester)”

Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
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 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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