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