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