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