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