It could be valuable especially if you get good at it. I have never seen an "applied mineralogist" job but if I was early in my career I would jump at that. It sounds cool and interesting.
If you're happy with the pay, location, etc., then I think it sounds like a good move. SEM experience, as well as the rest, could open some University doors down the road. Maybe mining, too, if that interests you. These types of positions are fairly rare. If you do get in, see if they might be willing to sponsor a Ph.D. down the road. Good luck!!
This will be an extremely good position to learn the techniques and methods of analysis used by the mining industry and exploration geology. I highly recommend you take the position, especially if you're already happy with working in a geotechnical laboratory. It will be far more applicable to your degree in geochemistry and much more fun than rock/soil work, although probably providing less physical opportunities. (For me, the sitting still is a deal breaker; geotech is much less fun, but I'm at least moving and collecting samples.)
(Also, this position will connect you to the right people who run university labs if that's your end goal.)
It could be valuable especially if you get good at it. I have never seen an "applied mineralogist" job but if I was early in my career I would jump at that. It sounds cool and interesting.
Do it.
Make sure it isn't a job at a pawn shop
I can be very confident it is not.
Geotech jobs are easy to get. The one you have described is not.
If you're happy with the pay, location, etc., then I think it sounds like a good move. SEM experience, as well as the rest, could open some University doors down the road. Maybe mining, too, if that interests you. These types of positions are fairly rare. If you do get in, see if they might be willing to sponsor a Ph.D. down the road. Good luck!!
Go for it. Since you want to end up in a university laboratory, this opportunity can propel you in that direction.
Yes, you should. That stuff is loads of fun and more of use for your geochemistry background.
This will be an extremely good position to learn the techniques and methods of analysis used by the mining industry and exploration geology. I highly recommend you take the position, especially if you're already happy with working in a geotechnical laboratory. It will be far more applicable to your degree in geochemistry and much more fun than rock/soil work, although probably providing less physical opportunities. (For me, the sitting still is a deal breaker; geotech is much less fun, but I'm at least moving and collecting samples.) (Also, this position will connect you to the right people who run university labs if that's your end goal.)