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