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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 Cureman”

Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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