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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Collecting samples and preparing materials and equipment for experiments, tests and analyses;
(b) Carrying out routine laboratory tests and performing a variety of technical support functions to assist chemical and physical scientists in research, development, analysis and testing;
(c) Controlling the quality and quantity of laboratory supplies by testing samples and monitoring usage and preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for projects, according to the specifications given;
(d) Setting up, operating, and maintaining laboratory instruments and equipment, monitoring experiments, making observations, and calculating and recording results;
(e) Preparing materials for experimentation such as freezing and slicing specimens and mixing chemicals;
(f) Collecting and testing earth and water samples, recording observations and analysing data in support of geologists or geophysicists.