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