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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”

Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or 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.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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