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