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