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