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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.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
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.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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