Industrial laboratory worker - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Industrial laboratory worker earn

A Industrial laboratory worker earns between $1.271 and $5.150 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.245 and a median salary of $1.860 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 12.582 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • all-round technicians
• • • laboratory technicians
• • • • industrial laboratory technicians

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Main workplaces

Industrial Laboratory Technicians work is carried out in the oil and natural gas extraction, chemical manufacturing, metal, textile and construction industries. Professionals are salaried employees with a formal contract. They work individually, under permanent supervision, except for the petroleum chemical technician, who is occasional. Professionals work indoors and outdoors. The physical-chemical laboratory technician (building materials) and the petroleum chemical technician can work on vehicles. The working hours can be a fixed day or night shift or, even, on a rotating basis. In their activities, workers are exposed to toxic and flammable materials, the industrial laboratory technician is also exposed to high temperatures. Underground work and intense noise are part of the activities of the physical-chemical analysis laboratory technician (building materials), as well as working at great heights is part of the technician's activities

What does it take to work in the field of Industrial Laboratory Technicians

These occupations are performed by workers with high school technical training in the area of activity. The full exercise of occupations takes place after three to four years of experience.

Functions and activities of Industrial laboratory worker

Industrial Laboratory Technicians must:

Activities

check the test methodology;
perform the analysis;
prepare sample according to standards;
assist in product specification;
apply a specific calibration method;
handling the analysis materials, applying safety standards ;
acting in the prevention of accidents;
assist in product specification;
interpret the result;
perform equipment maintenance and repair;
prepare materials and equipment for testing;
prepare solutions for analysis;
meet the procedures defined by the quality assurance system;
maintain the organization, cleanliness and hygiene at the place of job;
acting as a facilitator and multiplier;
inform the results of the analysis;
employ entry-level statistics and metrology;
discard or reuse the sample according to established procedures;
collect sample according to standards;
standardize analysis procedures;
perform testing in new product development;
participate in the evaluation of new suppliers;
monitor the quality of suppliers;
optimize laboratory costs;
perform testing in the development of new products;
minimizing undesirable environmental impacts;
control the quality of products in processes;
complying with relevant legislation and standards;
develop procedures and work instructions;
apply procedures for the disposal and segregation of laboratory waste ;
monitor results obtained on bench or on-line analyzers;
acting with technical responsibility;
research current standards and methods of analysis;
monitor new product test results;
acting with initiative;
update standards for internal analysis, testing, processes and products procedures ;
perform the calibration of the test equipment;
apply calibration acceptance standards and criteria;
optimizing industrial waste treatment methods;
perform equipment calibration;
work as a team;
respect the opinion of others;
define analysis methodology;
select calibration service providers;
provide laboratory of consumables;
read technical manuals in a foreign language;
control the quality of raw material;
validate results obtained on bench or on-line analyzers;
control the quality of the finished product;
apply it resources as a user;
monitor equipment calibration validity;
apply sampling methodology;
conduct analyzes to help control process emissions ;
work as a team;
maintaining organization, cleanliness and hygiene at the place of job;
organize production in scale and pilot batch;
use personal protective equipment established in standards;
preserve the sample according to specifications and procedures;
optimize analysis methodologies;
research methods of recovery, recycling and reuse of waste industrial;
minimize undesirable environmental impacts;
implement analysis methodologies;
issue the reports;
collaborate in internal and external quality audits;
review procedures and analyses;
working in accident prevention;
interpret technical test standards and specifications;
work in the process of continuous improvement;
define the type of standard for calibration;
request maintenance and repair of equipment;
record calibration data;
acting creatively;
comply with relevant legislation and standards;
validate analysis methodology;
collect required characteristics of new products;
apply standardized methods and techniques of analysis and testing;
standardize solutions for analysis;
record results;
handle the analysis materials, applying safety norms ;
commit to the company's results;
select reagent substances;
test new methodologies and procedures;
interpret results in relation to the standard;
interpret analysis results as specified;
apply standards and calibration acceptance criteria;
select analysis standard for calibration;

Sectors that hire Industrial laboratory worker the most in the job market

• manufacture of raw sugar
• manufacture of alcohol
• temporary labor lease
• dairy manufacturing
• tests and technical analysis
• manufacture of allopathic medicines for human use
• higher education - undergraduate
• higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
• other teaching activities
• general public administration