• Research, Field Methods, and Communications
• Evaluate property/mineral rights.
• Interpret regulatory constraints.
• Identify, locate, and utilize available data sources.
• Plan and conduct field operations.
• Construct borehole and trench logs.
• Design and conduct laboratory programs and interpret results.
• Develop and utilize Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures.
• Construct and interpret maps and other graphical presentations.
• Write and edit geologic reports.
• Interpret and analyze aerial photos/imagery.
• Design and interpret data from geologic monitoring programs.
• Read and interpret topographic and bathymetric maps.

• Hydrogeology
• Design and interpret hydrologic testing programs.
• Utilize chemical data to evaluate hydrogeologic conditions.
• Apply geophysical methods to analyze hydrogeologic conditions.
• Determine groundwater flow systems.
• Evaluate groundwater resources.
• Evaluate groundwater quality.
• Design wells and drilling programs.
• Develop groundwater resource management plans.
• Plan and evaluate remedial action programs.

• Mining Geology
• Formulate exploration programs.
• Implement field investigations on prospects.
• Perform geologic interpretations for mineral reserves.
• Perform economic analyses/appraisals.
• Provide geologic interpretations for mine development and production activities.
• Provide geologic interpretations for mine abandonments/closures/restorations.

• Petroleum Geology
• Formulate exploration programs.
• Implement field investigations on prospects.
• Perform geologic interpretations of physical properties and hydrocarbon reserves.
• Perform petroleum economic analyses/appraisals.
• Provide geologic interpretations for development and production activities.
• Provide geologic interpretations for abandonments/closures/restorations.

• Geomorphology
• Identify landforms.
• Determine methods of investigation.
• Perform geomorphic field investigations.
• Determine geomorphic processes and development of landforms and soils.
• Interpret geomorphic field data.
• Determine age relationships of landforms and soils.
• Identify potentially hazardous geomorphological conditions.

• Geophysics
• Select methods of geophysical investigations.
• Perform geophysical investigations in the field.
• Perform geological interpretation of geophysical data.
• Identify potentially hazardous geological conditions by using geophysical techniques.

• Structural Geology
• Identify structural features and their interrelationships.
• Select features for structural analyses.
• Determine orientation of structural features.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative structural analyses.
• Map structural features.
• Correlate separated structural features.
• Interpret structural features.
• Interpret tectonic history.

• Paleontology
• Identify applicable type of paleontological investigation.
• Estimate relative geologic ages of rocks.
• Identify fossils.
• Correlate rocks biostratigraphically.
• Identify fossil assemblages and make paleoecological interpretations.

• Engineering Geology
• Provide geological information and interpretations for engineering design.
• Identify and evaluate potential seismic and other geologic hazards.
• Provide geologic consultation during and after construction.
• Develop and interpret engineering geology maps and sections.
• Evaluate materials resources.
• Define and establish site selection and evaluation criteria.
• Design and implement field and laboratory programs.
• Describe and sample soils for geologic analysis and materials properties testing.

• Mineralogy
• Identify minerals and their characteristics and uses.
• Identify mineral assemblages.
• Determine probable genesis and sequence of mineral assemblages.
• Identify minerals on the basis of chemical composition.
• Predict subsurface mineral characteristics on the basis of exposures and drillholes.

• Petrography/Petrology
• Identify and classify major rock types.
• Determine physical properties of rocks.
• Determine chemical properties of rocks.
• Determine types and/or degrees of rock alteration.
• Determine suites of rock types.

• Geochemistry
• Establish analytical objectives and approaches.
• Evaluate geochemical data.
• Construct models based on results of geochemical analyses.
• Make recommendations based upon results of geochemical analyses.

• Stratigraphy/Historical Geology
• Identify rock sequences.
• Establish relative position of rock units.
• Determine relative and absolute ages of rock units.
• Interpret depositional environments.
• Perform facies analyses.
• Correlate rock units.
• Interpret geological history.
• Establish stratigraphic classifications.

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