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