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