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