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