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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 Chemical Assistant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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