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