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