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