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