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