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