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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.
Set up and conduct chemical experiments, tests, and analyses, using techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, physical or chemical separation techniques, or microscopy.
Develop new chemical engineering processes or production techniques.
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.
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.
Order and inventory materials to maintain supplies.
Maintain, clean, or sterilize laboratory instruments or equipment.
Provide technical support or assistance to chemists or engineers.
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.
Write technical reports or prepare graphs or charts to document experimental results.
Compile and interpret results of tests and analyses.
Provide and maintain a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or plant safety audits.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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