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