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