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Job Description
Study the composition, structure, and other physical aspects of the Earth. May use geological, physics, and mathematics knowledge in exploration for oil, gas, minerals, or underground water; or in waste disposal, land reclamation, or other environmental problems. May study the Earth's internal composition, atmospheres, oceans, and its magnetic, electrical, and gravitational forces. Includes mineralogists, crystallographers, paleontologists, stratigraphers, geodesists, and seismologists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2042.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 106,390.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 51.00
- Currently, there are 30,420 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers”.
Also Known As…
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Project Geologist
- Petroleum Geologist
- Mine Geologist
- Geoscientist
- Geophysicist
- Geologist
- Geological Specialist
- Exploration Geologist
- Environmental Protection Geologist
- Engineering Geologist
- Volcanologist
- Stratigrapher
- Soils Engineer
- Seismologist
- Sedimentationist
- Research Geologist
- Project Geophysicist
- Petrophysicist
- Petrologist
- Petrographer
- Paleontologist
- Oceanologist
- Mineralogist
- Micro Paleontologist
- Marine Geologist
- Invertebrate Paleontologist
- Hydrogeologist
- Geophysical Prospector
- Geophysical Laboratory Supervisor
- Geophysical Laboratory Director
- Geomorphologist
- Geomagnetist
- Geological Scout
- Geodesist
- Geochemist
- Field Geologist
- Environmental Geologist
- Environmental Field Office Manager
- Environmental Consultant
- Development Geologist
- Crystallographer
- Core Analyst
- Core Analysis Operator
Tasks for “Prospector”
- Investigate the composition, structure, or history of the Earth's crust through the collection, examination, measurement, or classification of soils, minerals, rocks, or fossil remains.
- Develop strategies for more environmentally friendly resource extraction and reclamation.
- Determine methods to incorporate geo-methane or methane hydrates into global energy production or evaluate the potential environmental impacts of such incorporation.
- Inspect construction projects to analyze engineering problems, using test equipment or drilling machinery.
- Identify risks for natural disasters, such as mudslides, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions.
- Design geological mine maps, monitor mine structural integrity, or advise and monitor mining crews.
- Review environmental cleanup work plans to determine the effectiveness of the remedial activities for mitigating soil or groundwater contamination.
- Communicate geological findings by writing research papers, participating in conferences, or teaching geological science at universities.
- Locate and review research articles or environmental, historical, or technical reports.
- Research geomechanical or geochemical processes to be used in carbon sequestration projects.
- Identify possible sites for carbon sequestration projects.
- Study historical climate change indicators found in locations such as ice sheets or rock formations to develop models related to current climate changes.
- Conduct geological or geophysical studies to provide information for use in regional development, site selection, or development of public works projects.
- Research ways to reduce the ecological footprint of increasingly prevalent megacities.
- Analyze and interpret geological, geochemical, or geophysical information from sources such as survey data, well logs, bore holes, or aerial photos.
- Plan or conduct geological, geochemical, or geophysical field studies or surveys, sample collection, or drilling and testing programs used to collect data for research or application.
- Analyze and interpret geological data, using computer software.
- Measure characteristics of the Earth, such as gravity or magnetic fields, using equipment such as seismographs, gravimeters, torsion balances, or magnetometers.
- Assess ground or surface water movement to provide advice regarding issues such as waste management, route and site selection, or the restoration of contaminated sites.
- Identify new sources for Platinum Group Elements necessary for industrial uses, such as automotive fuel cells or pollution abatement systems.
- Develop ways to capture or use gases that are currently burned off as waste during oil production processes.
- Provide advice on the safe siting of new nuclear reactor projects or methods of nuclear waste management.
- Test industrial diamonds or abrasives, soil, or rocks to determine their geological characteristics, using optical, x-ray, heat, acid, or precision instruments.
- Prepare geological maps, cross-sectional diagrams, charts, or reports concerning mineral extraction, land use, or resource management, using results of fieldwork or laboratory research.
- Locate potential sources of geothermal energy.
- Identify deposits of construction materials suitable for use as concrete aggregates, road fill, or in other applications.
- Develop applied software for the analysis and interpretation of geological data.
- Collaborate with medical or health researchers to address health problems related to geological materials or processes.
- Determine ways to mitigate the negative consequences of mineral dust dispersion.
- Locate and estimate probable natural gas, oil, or mineral ore deposits or underground water resources, using aerial photographs, charts, or research or survey results.
- Advise construction firms or government agencies on dam or road construction, foundation design, land use, or resource management.
Related Technology & Tools
- Microscope slides
- Pry bars
- Personal computers
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Mass spectrometers
- Bottom sampling equipment
- Geo/paleo picks
- Rock saws
- Soil samplers
- Magnetic susceptibility/temperature systems
- Mapping scale sets
- Temperature profile recorders
- Seismographs
- Biological dredges
- Water level recorders
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Rock chisels
- Agitators
- Plankton nets
- Protractors
- Digital cameras
- Mercury analyzers
- Hand levels
- Microsplitters
- Colorimeters
- Portable organic vapor analyzers
- Tube samplers
- Radiation detectors
- Test sieves
- Echosounders
- Laboratory rock pulverizers
- High temperature laboratory ovens
- Ultraviolet UV lamps
- Automated core analysis systems
- Rock magnetometers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Side scan sonars
- Thermal specimen demagnitizers
- Underwater sediment bearing strength probes
- Motorized mortars/pestles
- Triple beam balances
- Altimeters
- Gravity meters
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Digital map measurers
- Analog map measurers
- Total stations
- Roto torque mixers
- Crack hammers
- Sediment piston corers
- Notebook computers
- Geological compasses
- Brunauer-Emmett-Teller BET surface area analyzers
- Hand magnifying lenses
- Drying ovens
- Axes
- Mechanical earth drills
- Geological stratum compasses
- Mobile wireless handheld communication devices
- Desktop computers
- Optical compound microscopes
- Video microscopes
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Ultrasonic sieve cleaners
- Dessicators
- Pocket magnetic susceptibility meters
- Multibeam echosounders
- Laser rangefinders
- Sieve shakers
- Rangefinders
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Polarizing microscopes
- Electronic toploading balances
- pH meters
- Jaw crushers
- Core splitters
- Towed sonars
- Long range radar equipment
- Rotoevaporators
- Water sampler bottles
- Electrical conductivity cells
- One-atmosphere furnaces
- Submicron particle size analyzers
- Winches
- Microgravimeters
- Earth resistivity meters
- Geophones
- Fluid inclusion microscopes
- Underwater cameras
- Mapping dividers
- Degaussing wands
- Thermistor chains
- Hydraulic earth drills
- Abney levels
- Planimeters
- Alternating field demagnitizers
- X ray diffractometers
- Chromatographic scanners
- Chisel hammers
- Cathodoluminescence scopes
- Mainframe computers
- Soil augers
- Digitizers
- Pocket transits
- Borehole cameras
- Short-range radar equipment
- Tree corers
- Magnetic susceptibility/anisotropy systems
- Sediment samplers
- Penetrometers
- Clinometers
- Stereo microscopes
- Isodynamic separators
- Reverse osmosis systems
- Tubular water samplers
- Carbon analyzers
- X ray fluorescence spectrometers
- Fusion fluxes
- Impulse magnetizers
- Rock picks
- Seismic activity recorders
- Electron microscopes
- Electronic bench scales
- Soft face hammers
- Scanners
- Digital seismographs
- Centrifuges
- Large-format plotters
- Digital alkalinity titrators
- Argon plasma atomic emission spectroscopes
- X ray fluorescence XRF lead detectors
- Water current meters
- Magnetic susceptibility measurement systems
- Laser printers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Illuminated microscopes
- Ion chromatographs
- Laser theodolites
- Sun compasses
- Pneumatic airscribes
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Gamma ray scintillometers
- Stereoscopes
- Powered rock-coring drills
- Vertical sketchmasters
- Sand grain size gauges
- Computed tomography CT scanners
- Electron microprobes
- Rotary grinders
- Digitizing tablets
- Fume hoods
- Seismic stations
- Earthworks MaxiPit
- RockWare Plan
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- RockWare GRADIX
- Interpex IXID
- Schlumberger Inside Reality
- RSI interactive data language IDL software
- ChemStat
- Landmark VIP
- EarthSoft EQuIS Geology
- Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
- Triton Elics International SeaClass
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Email software
- RockWare Erupt
- Scientific Software Group SVHeat
- Multivariate statistical program MVSP software
- RockWare DepthCon2000
- Compass Software
- Evolution Computing EasyCAD
- MineGeo software
- Atoll GeoCAD
- Evolution Computing FastCAD
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- EasySolve Software SizePerm
- Trimble Terramodel
- Geospatial data abstraction library GDAL
- RockWare Potent
- Enigma software
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV
- Shape software
- Bentley Systems gINT
- MICRODEM
- Geosoft Oasis montaj
- MapInfo Professional
- OriginLab Origin
- Paradigm SKUA-GOCAD
- Alara CRystalView
- PaleoTax
- National Geophysical Data Center GEODAS
- Midland Valley 3DMove
- Well logging software
- GeoGraphix
- ACD Systems Canvas
- RockWare MicroMODEL
- Gresens 92
- Seismic interpretation software
- RockWare WinSism
- RockWare FIRSTPIX
- MineSight
- Geosoft DAP server
- Field data recorder software
- Gemcom Surpac
- Upperspace ModelCAD
- BOSS Didger
- RockWare ChemFlux
- RockWare Jlog
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Groundwater modeling system GMS
- Rockware CrossLog
- MHC Document Express
- RockWare VEGO
- PolyMap
- RSI ENVI
- SACLANTCEN
- EPIC GIS
- Clover Technology GALENA
- Socorro Scientific Software Refract2K
- IRIS Seismic Processing Workshop
- MIT OASES
- RockWare GeoTrig
- SeeByte SeeTrack
- RockWare Visual STUNT
- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- SAS
- GeoModel
- RockWare Grav2Dc
- ERDAS ER Mapper
- EarthWorks Downhole Explorer
- Geostatistics software GS+
- Aquifer test software
- RockWare QuickSyn
- Internet browser software
- Hydrogeology Basin2
- GeoPLUS Petra
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- IHS Energy PowerTools
- Data logger software
- TECHBASE
- Seismic visualization software
- Groundwater Vistas
- PowerCAD
- Starpint Software Super Slug
- Geo-Logic Systems LithoTect Interpreter
- Terrain surface mapping software
- Microsoft Word
- Data mining software
- ESRI ArcView
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic FlowPath II
- Golden Software Surfer (graphics or photo imaging feature)
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- CrystalMaker
- Red Rock DeltaGraph
- Solvcalv
- Waterloo Hydrogeologic AquaChem
- MySQL
- StrainSim
- MJ Systems Logsleuth
- Scientific Software Group FEFLOW
- OpenOffice.org
- Scientific Software Group Infinite Extent
- PaleoMag
- Upperspace DesignCAD
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Intergraph ImageStation Stereo Softcopy Kit SSK
- Scientific Software Group ChemPoint/ChemStat
- RockWare Stratbugs
- Bilko
- RockWare RockWorks
- Golden Software Surfer (map creation feature)
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Systat Software SigmaStat
- Maptek Vulcan
- Microsoft Office
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- RockWare Geochemist's Workbench GWB
- Gemcom GEMS
- Microsoft Excel
- Parameter Estimation PEST
- Geostatistical modeling GSTAT software
- Paleontological Statistics PAST
- RockWare RockPack III