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