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