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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
- Core Inspector
- 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
- Electron Microprobe Operator
- Drilling Fluids Specialist
- Crude Tester
- Chalk Tester
- Acid Tester
Tasks for “Electron Microprobe Operator”
- Test and analyze samples to determine their content and characteristics, using laboratory apparatus or testing equipment.
- Collect or prepare solid or fluid samples for analysis.
- Plot information from aerial photographs, well logs, section descriptions, or other databases.
- Collaborate with hydrogeologists to evaluate groundwater or well circulation.
- Compile, log, or record testing or operational data for review and further analysis.
- Assemble, operate, or maintain field or laboratory testing, measuring, or mechanical equipment.
- Assess the environmental impacts of development projects on subsurface materials.
- Prepare, transcribe, or analyze seismic, gravimetric, well log, or other geophysical or survey data.
- Inspect engines for wear or defective parts, using equipment or measuring devices.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible geothermal energy plant locations.
- Prepare or review professional, technical, or other reports regarding sampling, testing, or recommendations of data analysis.
- Test and analyze samples from potential underground carbon sequestration sites.
- Supervise well exploration, drilling activities, or well completions.
- 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.
- Adjust or repair testing, electrical, or mechanical equipment or devices.
- Participate in the evaluation of possible mining locations.
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- Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Glass funnels
- Top-loading electronic balances
- Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Laboratory vacuum pumps
- Electronic laboratory balances
- Spectrophotometers
- Digital pH meters
- Single crystal x ray diffractometers
- Laboratory sieves
- Digital cameras
- Rotary pulverizers
- Dissolved organic carbon analyzers
- Shatterboxes
- General purpose burets
- Optical particle detectors
- Desktop computers
- Calorimeters
- Fluorescence spectrophotometers
- Conductivity indicators
- Digital chlorine testers
- Gas chromatography equipment
- Jaw crushers
- Digital seismographs
- Portable dataloggers
- Sieve shakers
- Dissolved salt meters
- Volumetric flasks
- Heated magnetic stirrers
- Proton magnetometers
- Cryogenic magnetometers
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Inductively coupled plasma ICP optical emission spectrometers
- Rock saws
- Glass laboratory crucibles
- Binocular polarizing microscopes
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Spinner magnetometers
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Laptop computers
- Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Personal computers
- Water sampling bailers
- Digital micropipettes
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Terrain conductivity meters
- Sample microsplitters
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Glass beakers
- Water distillation units
- Chipmunk crushers
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- Automatic burets
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Electronic distance meters
- Digital hydrometers
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Gravitational field indicators
- Mass spectrometers
- Turbidimeters
- Glass dropping pipettes
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
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- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- Golden Software Surfer
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- Microsoft Excel
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
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