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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
- Acid Tester
Tasks for “Core Inspector”
- Collaborate with hydrogeologists to evaluate groundwater or well circulation.
- Participate in geological, geophysical, geochemical, hydrographic, or oceanographic surveys, prospecting field trips, exploratory drilling, well logging, or underground mine survey programs.
- Assess the environmental impacts of development projects on subsurface materials.
- Test and analyze samples to determine their content and characteristics, using laboratory apparatus or testing equipment.
- Assemble, operate, or maintain field or laboratory testing, measuring, or mechanical equipment.
- Test and analyze samples from potential underground carbon sequestration sites.
- Prepare or review professional, technical, or other reports regarding sampling, testing, or recommendations of data analysis.
- Prepare, transcribe, or analyze seismic, gravimetric, well log, or other geophysical or survey data.
- Inspect engines for wear or defective parts, using equipment or measuring devices.
- Supervise well exploration, drilling activities, or well completions.
- Prepare notes, sketches, geological maps, or cross sections.
- Adjust or repair testing, electrical, or mechanical equipment or devices.
- Plot information from aerial photographs, well logs, section descriptions, or other databases.
- Collect or prepare solid or fluid samples for analysis.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible mining locations.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible geothermal energy plant locations.
- Compile, log, or record testing or operational data for review and further analysis.
Related Technology & Tools
- Glass funnels
- Gravitational field indicators
- Mass spectrometers
- Glass graduated cylinders
- Glass beakers
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Digital cameras
- Electronic distance meters
- Heated magnetic stirrers
- Personal computers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Piezometers
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Desktop computers
- Chipmunk crushers
- Rock saws
- Cryogenic magnetometers
- Glass laboratory crucibles
- Sample microsplitters
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Calorimeters
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP optical emission spectrometers
- Water distillation units
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Shatterboxes
- Spectrophotometers
- Digital micropipettes
- Spinner magnetometers
- General purpose burets
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Turbidimeters
- Digital pH meters
- Laboratory sieves
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Microwave digestion systems
- Volumetric flasks
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Laboratory drying ovens
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Laboratory pulverizers
- Portable dataloggers
- Binocular polarizing microscopes
- Digital seismographs
- Rotary pulverizers
- Proton magnetometers
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
- Dissolved salt meters
- Sieve shakers
- Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Water sampling bailers
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Conductivity indicators
- Digital chlorine testers
- Laptop computers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Optical particle detectors
- Jaw crushers
- Glass dropping pipettes
- Digital hydrometers
- Single crystal x ray diffractometers
- Total sulfur analyzers
- Terrain conductivity meters
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Dissolved organic carbon analyzers
- Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
- Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
- Electronic laboratory balances
- Automatic burets
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Landmark GeoGraphix
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
- Golden Software Surfer
- Surface III
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- Midland Valley 2DMove
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Parallel Geoscience SPW
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint