Will “Radiation Protection Engineer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

1.8% Chance of Automation

“Radiation Protection Engineer” will not be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #81 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

Job Description

Research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2081.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 88,530.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 42.00
Currently, there are 52,280 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Engineers”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Radiation Protection Engineer”

Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.
Prepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports.
Assess, sort, characterize, or pack known or unknown materials.
Collaborate with environmental scientists, planners, hazardous waste technicians, engineers, experts in law or business, or other specialists to address environmental problems.
Develop, implement, or manage plans or programs related to conservation or management of natural resources.
Inform company employees or other interested parties of environmental issues.
Design or supervise the design of systems, processes, or equipment for control, management, or remediation of water, air, or soil quality.
Advise industries or government agencies about environmental policies and standards.
Provide technical support for environmental remediation or litigation projects, including remediation system design or determination of regulatory applicability.
Serve as liaison with federal, state, or local agencies or officials on issues pertaining to solid or hazardous waste program requirements.
Prepare, maintain, or revise quality assurance documentation or procedures.
Direct installation or operation of environmental monitoring devices or supervise related data collection programs.
Develop or present environmental compliance training or orientation sessions.
Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities.
Prepare or present public briefings on the status of environmental engineering projects.
Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans or methods for loading or transporting waste.
Write reports or articles for Web sites or newsletters related to environmental engineering issues.
Assess the existing or potential environmental impact of land use projects on air, water, or land.
Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them.
Obtain, update, or maintain plans, permits, or standard operating procedures.
Provide environmental engineering assistance in network analysis, regulatory analysis, or planning or reviewing database development.
Advise corporations or government agencies of procedures to follow in cleaning up contaminated sites to protect people and the environment.
Monitor progress of environmental improvement programs.
Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Provide administrative support for projects by collecting data, providing project documentation, training staff, or performing other general administrative duties.
Request bids from suppliers or consultants.
Coordinate or manage environmental protection programs or projects, assigning or evaluating work.
Prepare hazardous waste manifests or land disposal restriction notifications.

Related Technology & Tools

Thermal conductivity detectors
Mass spectrometers
Soil-erodability testing devices
Scanning potentiostats
Sorbent tubes
Centrifuges
Limnological core loggers
Autoclaves
Nitrogen oxide burners
Air incubators
Pitot tubes
Organic carbon analyzers
Microbics toxicity analyzers
Glove box systems
Total organic carbon TOC analyzers
Ultraviolet UV light detectors
Trace metal analyzers
Limnological coring drills
Thermal/catalytic oxidizers TCO
Electron capture detectors ECD
Seismographs
Solid shear failure testing devices
Mud rotary drills
Fluorescence detectors
Multiparameter water quality instruments
Spectrophotometers
Direct shear testing devices
Interferometeric refractormeters
Air velocity meters
Flame ionization detectors FID
Consolidometers
Biological oxidizers
Laser photometers
Epifluorescence microscopes
Flame emission detectors
Mercury/hybrid atomizers
Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
Liquid ring pumps
Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
Stormwater samplers
Core drill rigs
Desktop computers
Capillary electrophoresis systems
Automatic titrators
Environmental probe systems
Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
Universal fractionators
Headspace autosamplers
Sample concentrators
Hydrological current meters
Luminometers
Particulate filters
Notebook computers
Gas chromatographs GC
Colorimeters
Plasma-mass spectrometers
Argon ionization detectors
Flow meters
Laboratory ovens
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
Anaerobic growth chambers
Ozonators
Ion chromatographs
Particle counters
pH meters
Geoprobes
Sampling pumps
Conductivity meters
Respirometers
Graphite furnaces
Surface area analyzers
Global positioning system GPS receivers
Water level recorders
Liquid scintillation counters
Liquid chromatography detectors
Freeze dryers
California bearing ratio CBR testing devices
Sampling trains
Soil modulus failure testing devices
Gas meters
Fume hoods
Ambient air measurement devices
Ultraviolet water purification systems
Dissolved oxygen meters
Wave gauges
Stem augers
Supercritical fluid extractors
Photometers
Fluorescence spectrophotometers
Combustible gas meters
Electric pumps
Thermocouples
Nutrient analyzers
Chemostats
Whole air canisters
Individual burner air measurement IBAM probes
Shakers
Balances
Incubators
Soil carbon-nitrogen CN analyzers
Microwave digestion instruments
Multi gas detector tubes

Bentley Microstation
Water flow modeling software
Hydrologic simulation program fortan HSPF software
Python
Simultaneous location and mapping SLAM
Microsoft Word
Maplesoft Maple
Oil mapping software
Microsoft Project
Greenhouse gas management software
Regulatory compliance management software
Microsoft Office
Continuous emission management software
Microsoft Excel
ANSYS
SAS
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Waste management software
Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
Microsoft Access
Site remediation management software
Simulation software
Autodesk AutoCAD
Environmental health and safety documentation software
Rockwell Automation Arena
Photogrammetric software
Fugitive emission leak detection software
ESRI ArcView
Microsoft PowerPoint
Insightful S-PLUS
Wind flow modeling software
Image analysis software
DHI Water and Environment MIKE SHE
Computer aided design CAD software
XP Software XPSWMM
ESRI ArcGIS software
Gas dispersion model software
LINDO
Air dispersion modeling software
Hazardous materials management HMS software
SofTech CADRA
Ecological risk assessment software
HEC RAS
Material safety data sheet MSDS software
WAM software
The MathWorks MATLAB
Finite element method FEM software
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
RockWare MODFLOW
Stormwater runoff modeling software
C++
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN