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