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