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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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