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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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