The tasks a Laboratory Assistant, Pharmaceutical is expected to perform include:

• Arranging and setting apparatus and other equipment in the pharmaceutical laboratory
• Conducting routine tests of various ingredients for manufacturing drugs and medicines
• Assisting Pharmaceutical Chemist in performing studies and experiments
• Performing routine tests of different ingredients and recording observations, as desired
• Grinding and mixing chemicals and other raw materials in prescribed proportions for study, research or manufacture of drugs and medicines
• Collecting and testing samples at various stages of production to determine effects
• Ensuring compliance to specifications
• Maintaining precision apparatus and equipment in good working order and in safe custody
• Keeping laboratory clean and tidy
• Preparing samples for getting them tested by Pharmaceutical Chemist
• Researching and analysing drugs and medicine under Pharmaceutical Chemist’s guidance