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