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