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