According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas. | 92% |
| Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation. | 91% |
| Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure. | 90% |
| Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits. | 90% |
| Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment. | 90% |
| Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments. | 89% |
| Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment. | 88% |
| Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination. | 88% |
| Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements. | 86% |
| Enter data into computers to record characteristics of nuclear events or to locate coordinates of particles. | 82% |
| Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination. | 81% |
| Set up equipment that automatically detects area radiation deviations and test detection equipment to ensure its accuracy. | 81% |
| Calibrate and maintain chemical instrumentation sensing elements and sampling system equipment, using calibration instruments and hand tools. | 80% |
| Prepare reports describing contamination tests, material or equipment decontaminated, or methods used in decontamination processes. | 79% |
| Place radioactive waste, such as sweepings or broken sample bottles, into containers for shipping or disposal. | 78% |
| Decontaminate objects by cleaning with soap or solvents or by abrading with wire brushes, buffing wheels, or sandblasting machines. | 77% |
| Immerse samples in chemical compounds to prepare them for testing. | 75% |
| Confer with scientists directing projects to determine significant events to monitor during tests. | 65% |
| 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. | 61% |
