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