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