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