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