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