Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.
Also called: Health Physics Technician (HP Technician), Radiation Protection Specialist (RP Specialist), Radiation Protection Technician (RP Technician), Radiochemical Technician
Knowledge:
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
- public safety and security
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Self Control
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Gamma waste assay system GWAS
- Radiological assessment display and control system RADACS
Operating system software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Server
Industrial control software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Wonderware InTouch
