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