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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 “Field Laboratory Operator”

Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
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.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.

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

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