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