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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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