radiation protection technician

Radiation protection technicians monitor radiation levels in buildings and facilities to ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and to prevent dangerous elevations in the radiation level. They take measures to minimise radiation emissions, and to prevent further contamination in the event of radiation pollution, by developing radiation protection plans, in particular for nuclear plants and facilities.

The most in-demand skills for this role include radioactive contamination, nuclear reprocessing, health, safety and hygiene legislation, hazardous waste treatment, hazardous waste types, metrology. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives radiation protection technician a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.