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