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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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