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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 Supervisor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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