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Nuclear Monitoring Technicians

SOC 19-4051.02

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

Zone 3 Life, Physical, and Social Science

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Active Listening

3.9

Critical Thinking

3.9

Monitoring

3.9

Reading Comprehension

3.8

Operation Monitoring

3.8

Speaking

3.5

Judgment and Decision Making

3.4

Instructing

3.2

Knowledge Areas 8

Mathematics

3.3

Physics

3.3

Public Safety and Security

3.1

Chemistry

3.1

English Language

3.0

Computers and Electronics

3.0

Education and Training

2.8

Mechanical

2.7

Key Tasks

1Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.

2Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.

3Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.

4Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.

5Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.

Also Known As

Cathodic Protection Technician Chemical Radiation Technician Chemistry Technician Decontaminator Health Physics Technician (HP Technician) Instrumentation Control Specialist Metallographic Technician Nuclear Chemistry Technician Nuclear Technician Nuclear Technician Research and Development