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