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Job Description

Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4051.02

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nuclear Monitoring Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Radiation Protection Technician (RPT)”

Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
Immerse samples in chemical compounds to prepare them for testing.
Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles.
Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.
Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.
Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes.
Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy.
Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.
Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.
Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools.
Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.
Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.
Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines.
Confer with scientists directing projects to determine significant events to monitor during tests.
Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal.
Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.
Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.
Operate manipulators from outside cells to move specimens into or out of shielded containers, to remove specimens from cells, or to place specimens on benches or equipment work stations.

Related Technology & Tools

Portable data collectors
Neutron dose-rate meters
Portal monitors
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Pressure demand respirators
Alpha/beta surface contamination monitors
Protective gloves
Alpha/beta counting systems
Personal computers
Digital spectrum analyzers
Air sampling devices
Desktop computers
Portable spectroscopes
Cryostats
Liquid scintillation counters
Sodium Iodide NaI scintillation detectors
Radiological detectors
Nuclear moisture/density gauges
Electron microscopes
Portable survey radiation meters
Airline respirators
Multichannel analyzers
Protective shoe covers
Area gamma monitors
Alpha air monitors
Contamination probes
Gamma ray detectors
Ionization chambers
Tritium/Noble gas monitors
Thermoluminescent dosimeters
Cryogenic microcalorimeters
Whole body counters
Neutron detectors
Neutron spectrometers
Atmosphere supplying respirators
Digital ratemeters
Proportional counters
Geiger-Muller counters
Digital signal analyzers
Dose rate monitors
Air purifying respirators
Protective coveralls
Gamma ray spectrometers

Radiological assessment display and control system RADACS
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
RESRAD
Gamma waste assay system GWAS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook