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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 Analyst (Lab Analyst)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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