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