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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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

Steam baths
Laboratory vacuum hand pumps
Bunsen burners
Laboratory balances
Hirsch funnels
Dye lasers
Capillary tubing
Atomic emissions spectroscopes
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
Homogenizers
Prisms
Immersion heaters
Exhaust hoods
Benchtop centrifuges
Geiger-Muller counters
Nebulizers
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Lasers
Abbe refractometers
Dessicators
Safety goggles
Sample crushers
Automated polarimeters
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pH indicators
Volume displacement pumps
Spectrophotometers
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Heating mantles
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Single-pan balances
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Ultraviolet UV light detectors
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Laboratory tongs
Optical beamsplitting devices
Vacuum flask traps
Digital handheld thermometers
Beckmann thermometers
Bubble-cap fractionating columns
Closed-end manometers
Glass laboratory crucibles
Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry LC/MS equipment
Water aspirators
Flame ionization detectors FID
Liquid chromatography equipment
Torsion balances
Comparators
Pull spring balances
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Safety glasses
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Lyophilizers
Pirani gauges
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Thermocouples
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McLeod gauges
Buchner funnels
Differential scanning calorimeters
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Rotary evaporators
Deuterium lamps
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Autotitrators
Glass burets
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Utility clamps
Radioisotope fume hoods
Liquid-filled remote thermometers
Laboratory drying ovens
Volumetric glass pipettes
Infrared IR spectroscopes
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Meker burners
Laboratory blenders
Constant temperature water baths
Ultracentrifuges
Diffusion pumps
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Agitation tanks
Ultraviolet UV spectroscopes
Hazardous material protective clothing
Bourdon gauges
Flame photometers
Dissolved oxygen meters
Automatic pipette cleaners
Graphing calculators
Mercury vapor lamps
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Laboratory centrifugal pumps
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Gravitational field indicators
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Ion exchange chromatography equipment
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Gas burners
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Ultraviolet UV lamps
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Multimeters
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Refrigerated coolers
Hollow cathode lamps
Graphite furnaces
Plastic cuvettes
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Hydrometers
Thinlayer chromatography analyzers
Volumetric flasks
Differential refractometers
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Laminar flow burners
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Molecular stills
Infrared lamps
Optical compound microscopes
Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
Titrators
Organic carbon analyzers
Bell jars
Photo detectors
Ionization gauges
Viscosity meters
Velometers
Magnetic stirring bars
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Polarimeters
Laboratory flasks
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Safety showers
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U-tube manometers
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Personal computers
Face shields
Gooch crucibles
Gas leak detectors
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Photomultiplier tubes
Glass tubing
Muffle furnaces
Automatic buret cleaners
Canister gas masks
Mass spectrometers
Reaction flasks
High pressure sodium lamps
Polarizers
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Westphal balances
Automatic burets
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Gravity convection ovens
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Rheometers
Finger pumps
Reflux condensers

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