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