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