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