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