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