Also called: Radiation Safety Assistant
Helps the radiation safety officer at a hospital or university check labs and handle radioactive waste.
You survey labs with meters, wipe-test surfaces for contamination, pick up radioactive waste, and keep inventory logs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree or military training plus on-the-job learning.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Radiation Protection Technology (2-year), Health Physics.
Growing about average. BLS does not project this specialty separately; rating estimated from related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Surveying labs, wipe tests and picking up radioactive waste are hands-on tasks.
Classes: Physics, Chemistry, Algebra.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4099.
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