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