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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 Technician (Lab Technician)”

Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
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.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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