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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.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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