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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)”

Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory equipment.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
Direct or monitor other workers producing chemical products.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.

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

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