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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 Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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