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