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Overview
Nuclear technicians support physicists and engineers in nuclear laboratories and power plants by monitoring procedures, maintaining equipment and measuring radiation levels for safe operations.
In job descriptions, look for radiation protection, contamination checks, reactor or laboratory equipment, calibration, technical drawings, cooling systems, maintenance, emergency routines and work with engineers.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Nuclear technician work supports engineers and physicists in nuclear laboratories, plant systems and controlled equipment areas. Tasks include procedure monitoring, radiation measurement, contamination checks, equipment maintenance and safety documentation.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include radiation protection, metrology, calibration of precision instruments, technical drawings, reactor or laboratory equipment, cooling systems, contamination investigation and clear communication with engineers.
Salary context
Salary context depends on plant or laboratory responsibility, shift coverage, radiation-protection duties, emergency routines, maintenance authority, precision-instrument work and how much procedure monitoring the technician owns.
Career paths
Paths can move from laboratory, maintenance or measurement technician work into nuclear operations support, radiation monitoring, equipment reliability, safety coordination, reactor maintenance or technical supervision.
Good to know
Check adverts for the specific plant or laboratory systems, radiation measurement tools, contamination duties, maintenance scope, drawings, emergency procedures, reporting routines and engineer collaboration.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for nuclear technician work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
19-4051.02
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETNuclear Technicians
19-4051.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Chemical and physical science technicians (3111)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/774ad663-2124-4ac2-a287-5fb2e478906e |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3111.10 |
| ISCO group | 3111 |
| Concept type | Occupation |