Occupation Atlasradiation protection technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/184e59d7-5646-4fe4-9059-46867ff09574
radiation protection technician
Radiation protection technicians monitor radiation levels in buildings and facilities to ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and to prevent dangerous elevations in the radiation level. They take measures to minimise radiation emissions, and to prevent further contamination in the event of radiation pollution, by developing radiation protection plans, in particular for nuclear plants and facilities.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.10
- C Conventional5.51
- I Investigative4.43
- S Social1.90
- E Enterprising1.53
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Nuclear Monitoring Technicians (19-4051.02): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- calculate exposure to radiation
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop radiation protection strategies
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- hazardous waste treatment
- hazardous waste types
- health, safety and hygiene legislation
- instruct employees on radiation protection
- metrology
- monitor nuclear power plant systems
- monitor radiation levels
- nuclear reprocessing
- perform risk analysis
- radiation protection
- radioactive contamination
- use personal protection equipment
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (18)
- advise on pollution prevention
- assess contamination
- assist people in contaminated areas
- avoid contamination
- contamination exposure regulations
- dispose of hazardous waste
- document survey operations
- follow nuclear plant safety precautions
- hazardous materials transportation
- hazardous waste storage
- inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations
- investigate contamination
- monitor disposal of radioactive substances
- perform demarcation
- pollution prevention
- remove contaminants
- remove contaminated materials
- test safety strategies
O*NET equivalents
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