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Nuclear technician

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Nuclear equipment operation technician Nuclear equipment technician Nuclear monitoring technician Nuclear plant technician Nuclear power plant technician Nuclear safety technician Radiation safety technician Radioactive equipment technician

Nuclear technicians function as aids to physicists and engineers in nuclear laboratories and power plants. They monitor the procedures to ensure safety and quality control, and maintain equipment. They also handle and control radioactive equipment and measure radiation levels to ensure safety.

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.

Knowledge

  • Electricity and energy
  • Physics
  • Education science
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Medical diagnostic and treatment technology

Digital competencies

  • Developing solutions
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Operating energy production or distribution equipment
  • Using precision measuring equipment

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools to control machinery

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers

Stationary plant and machine operators

Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators

Paper products machine operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Paper products machine operators

715

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

23,18%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

,69% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

78,87%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

6,18%

Part-time contracts

1,13% Turnover index

286

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-3%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Stationary plant and machine operators

68%

32%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Stationary plant and machine operators

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Paper products machine operators

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
38%
Between 1 and 2 years
15%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
9%
Manufacturing
30%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
13%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
10%
Education
8%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Others
31%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.