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