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