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