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