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