If you love rock and mineral, have you ever thought about become a geologist. This work is clearly for you! You will learn all the basics information you need to know if you want to become a geologist. Like, Where can you work? How much can you get paid? And what are you doing on a typical day of a geologist!
Geologists are employed in a diverse range of jobs in many industries. They can work in the field and some are going to work in offices and other have a mixture of both. But all of them are going to work in a similar objective. To understand the Earth. They can also do some mapping and fieldwork like Field mapping, sampling or Geotechnical mapping. Laboratory work can also be done by a geologist. Jobs like microscope, geochemical analyses or geomechanical tests are all done in a laboratory.
A typical day of a geologist begin in the field in the morning. You start by briefing of the day with your team. Most of the time you are the boss of your team. You are going to tell people what to do today. After this, you make sure that's everyone to their job, and you go take make the test you need. After all this, you usually finish your day in your office, and you compile all the results you got today in your computer. After you got your results save, you make some conclusion on your research.
They can work on a private company, government institution or a mine. They can also work on exploration camps in wood.
To become a geologist, you need a lot of study and hard work. You must have at least a bachelor's degree in geology or geophysics. You can also consider getting a master's degree, but you need a lot more work to this.
The average salary of a new geologist is 90,619$ per year in Canada. The salary is way bigger if you work on a mine. It can go to 230,000$ per year if you succeed to the rank of Chief Geologist.
A geologist retires at the same age as everyone. About 60 years old. It can be more if you don't continue to do work on fields.
I am in my second year in Mineral Technology: Geology. After the next years, I will go to university to start my study to became geologist. I really hope to make it!
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