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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.
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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Design or fabricate experimental apparatus to develop new products or processes.
Conduct chemical or physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative or quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, or gaseous materials.
Prepare chemical solutions for products or processes, following standardized formulas, or create experimental formulas.
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.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
Develop or conduct programs of sampling and analysis to maintain quality standards of raw materials, chemical intermediates, or products.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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