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