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