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