Also called: Radiation Safety Officer, Radiological Engineer
Protects workers, patients and the public from radiation at power plants, hospitals and labs.
You review radiation dose records for plant workers, plan shielding for a job inside the reactor building, and check that a hospital's new cancer treatment room has thick enough walls.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in health physics or nuclear engineering is common; CHP certification for senior roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Health Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Physics.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. AI improves dose modeling and monitoring; surveys, safety programs and decisions about people's exposure stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-2099.
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