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