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