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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”

Train new employees on topics such as the proper operation of laboratory 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 new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
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.
Operate experimental pilot plants, assisting with experimental design.
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.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft PowerPoint
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Laboratory information management system LIMS
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