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