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