NOC 2212 – Geological and mineral technologists and technicians

National Occupational Classification (NOC) code 2212 is for Geological and mineral technologists and technicians job titles.

NOC skill type/level: Skill Level B

Employment requirements

• Geological and mineral technologists usually require completion of a two- to three-year college program in geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology, hydrogeology or groundwater technology, mining technology, mining engineering technology, mineralogy, metallurgical technology, or welding technology.
• Geophysics technologists usually require completion of a two- to three-year college program in electronics technology.
• Geological and mineral technicians usually require completion of a one- to two-year college program in a related field.
• Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
• In Quebec, membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
• A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.

List of Job Titles for NOC 2212 – Geological and mineral technologists and technicians

• airborne geophysical equipment operator
• assayer
• assayer – mineralogy
• diamond drilling technician
• drilling fluid technician
• foundry laboratory technician
• geological engineering technician
• geological engineering technologist
• geological prospecting technologist
• geological survey technician
• geological technician
• geological technologist
• geology technical assistant
• geophysical data technician
• geophysical observer
• geophysical prospecting technologist
• geophysical survey technician
• geophysical survey technologist
• geophysical technician
• geophysical technologist
• geotechnician
• gold assayer
• gold prospector
• gravity data technician
• groundwater technologist
• heat treat technician
• hydrographic survey technician
• hydrographic survey technologist
• hydrological technician
• hydrology technician
• laboratory technician – metallurgy
• log analyst
• log technician
• magnetic observer
• marine geoscience technologist
• metallurgical control analyst
• metallurgical engineering technician
• metallurgical engineering technologist
• metallurgical technologist
• mine analyst
• mine development technologist
• mine production technician
• mine survey technician
• mine survey technologist
• mineral technician
• mineral technologist
• mineralogy technician
• mineralogy technologist
• mining engineering technician
• mining engineering technologist
• mining survey technician
• mining survey technologist
• mining technician
• mining technologist
• mud man/woman – petroleum drilling
• oil geology technologist
• ore technologist
• paleontology technician
• palynology technician
• petroleum engineering technician
• petroleum engineering technologist
• petroleum field technologist
• petroleum geology technologist
• petroleum technician
• petrology technician
• physical metallurgy technician
• physical metallurgy technologist
• precious metal assayer
• prospector
• reservoir engineering technician
• rock mechanics technician
• sea-bottom technologist
• sea-floor technologist
• seismic exploration line crew co-ordinator
• seismic exploration observer
• seismic prospecting observer
• seismic survey co-ordinator
• seismic technician
• seismology technician – petroleum geology
• seismology technologist – petroleum geology
• seismometer technician
• soil science technician – mining
• welding technician – mining
• welding technologist