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