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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 Assistant”

Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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