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