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