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