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