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