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