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