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Job Description
Test or analyze geological samples, crude oil, or minerals to detect presence of petroleum, gas, or mineral deposits indicating potential for exploration or production or to determine physical or chemical properties to ensure that products meet quality standards.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4041.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geological Sample Test Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Geological Sample Test Technicians
- Research Associate
- Quality Control Technician (QC Technician)
- Physical Science Technician
- Organic Section Technical Lead
- Materials Technician
- Laboratory Technician
- Environmental Sampling Technician
- Environmental Field Services Technician
- Electron Microprobe Operator
- Core Inspector
- Well Tester
- Well Logger
- Tester
- Test Technician
- Test Evaluator
- Test Engine Operator
- Test Engine Evaluator
- Temperature Logging Operator
- Specialist Field Engineer
- Petroleum Analyst
- Ore Tester
- Oil Well Logger
- Oil Tester
- Oil Laboratory Analyst
- Oil Field Tester
- Oil and Gas Exploration Technician
- Oil Analyst
- Mud Analysis Well-Logging Operator
- Mud Analysis Well-Logging Captain
- Mud Analysis Operator
- Mineral Technologist
- Laboratory Worker
- Laboratory Assistant
- Hydrology Technician
- Geotechnicial Properties Technician
- Geology Technician
- Geology Associate
- Geological Technician
- Gasoline Tester
- Gas Tester
- Gas Prover
- Gas Analyst
- Extractions Technologist
- Explorer
- Drilling Fluids Specialist
- Crude Tester
- Chalk Tester
Tasks for “Acid Tester”
- Assemble, operate, or maintain field or laboratory testing, measuring, or mechanical equipment.
- Supervise well exploration, drilling activities, or well completions.
- Test and analyze samples from potential underground carbon sequestration sites.
- Prepare notes, sketches, geological maps, or cross sections.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible mining locations.
- Inspect engines for wear or defective parts, using equipment or measuring devices.
- Test and analyze samples to determine their content and characteristics, using laboratory apparatus or testing equipment.
- Participate in geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrographic, or oceanographic surveys, prospecting field trips, exploratory drilling, well logging, or underground mine survey programs.
- Collect or prepare solid or fluid samples for analysis.
- Prepare, transcribe, or analyze seismic, gravimetric, well log, or other geophysical or survey data.
- Assess the environmental impacts of development projects on subsurface materials.
- Prepare or review professional, technical, or other reports regarding sampling, testing, or recommendations of data analysis.
- Collaborate with hydrogeologists to evaluate groundwater or well circulation.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible geothermal energy plant locations.
- Plot information from aerial photographs, well logs, section descriptions, or other databases.
- Compile, log, or record testing or operational data for review and further analysis.
- Adjust or repair testing, electrical, or mechanical equipment or devices.
Related Technology & Tools
- Water sampling bailers
- Sample microsplitters
- Laboratory sieves
- Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
- Glass dropping pipettes
- Optical particle detectors
- Rotary pulverizers
- Total sulfur analyzers
- Automatic burets
- General purpose burets
- Sieve shakers
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Laptop computers
- Glass beakers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Spinner magnetometers
- Digital hydrometers
- Digital cameras
- Binocular polarizing microscopes
- Laboratory drying ovens
- Glass funnels
- Electronic laboratory balances
- Heated magnetic stirrers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Digital chlorine testers
- Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Glass graduated cylinders
- Mass spectrometers
- Cryogenic magnetometers
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Shatterboxes
- Water distillation units
- Dissolved salt meters
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP optical emission spectrometers
- Piezometers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Laboratory pulverizers
- Desktop computers
- Terrain conductivity meters
- Proton magnetometers
- Rock saws
- Gravitational field indicators
- Calorimeters
- Chipmunk crushers
- Turbidimeters
- Digital micropipettes
- Glass laboratory crucibles
- Dissolved organic carbon analyzers
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
- Electronic distance meters
- Jaw crushers
- Single crystal x ray diffractometers
- Volumetric flasks
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Conductivity indicators
- Microwave digestion systems
- Digital pH meters
- Portable dataloggers
- Digital seismographs
- Personal computers
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Top-loading electronic balances
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
- Spectrophotometers
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Golden Software Surfer
- Surface III
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- Parallel Geoscience SPW
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Midland Valley 2DMove
- Landmark GeoGraphix
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS