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