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