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