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