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