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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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