Geologist Jobs

As a geologist you work on geography the closest job with nature. This career to some extent does involve research and hence can also be termed as environmental scientist as your research scope is always towards environment. What does a geologist career hold in day to day life? 1) Geologist should visit the geographical location allocated to them. This involves frequent site visit 2) Geophysical activities that alter the environment should be logged on regular basis. This involves using sensors, special instruments to collect data points from above or below earths surface. Sometimes information needs to be collected from air, water, earth's orbit 3) They need to be aware of aquifer in the site they are working on. Though hydro geologists do take care of it sometimes geologists are expected to perform aquifer testing 4) Monitoring and managing field activities including documenting the tasks, health and safety of field are some essential responsibilities of geologists 5) They prepare technical reports on regular basis 6) They may have to schedule the tasks in field like drilling 7) Project management is an essential skill expected out of them. They should have complete plan including full scope of work 8) System remediation needs to be taken care of in all project phases until post-remediation 9) As they work on environemnt they need to comply with DoD rules