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