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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 Tester (Lab Tester)”

Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or 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.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
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.
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.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
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.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.

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