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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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