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