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