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