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