Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mud logger can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mud logger already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mud loggers analyse the drilling fluids after they have been drilled up. They analyse the fluids in a laboratory. Mud loggers determine the position of hydrocarbons with respect to depth. They also monitor natural gas and identify lithology.

Also known as mudlogger, surface logging technician, surface logging specialist, logging geologist, surface logger, mud logging technican.

Professionals 19 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: geotechnician, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
geotechnician 42% covered gas processing plant control … 42% covered oil refinery control room ope… 33% covered dewatering technician 30% covered geochemist 29% covered mud logger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mud logger, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mud logger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A mud logger needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • test oil samples information skills
  • conduct soil sample tests information skills
  • examine geochemical samples information skills
  • monitor equipment condition constructing
  • natural gas engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • write production reports communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare samples for testing handling and moving
  • test samples for pollutants information skills
  • collect samples handling and moving
  • perform sample testing information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mud logger does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Mud logger is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mud logger’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.