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