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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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