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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”

Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
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.
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.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
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.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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