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