Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a nuclear technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a nuclear technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as nuclear monitoring technician, nuclear equipment technician, nuclear equipment operation technician, radioactive equipment technician, nuclear safety technician, nuclear plant technician, radiation safety technician, nuclear power plant technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: nuclear reactor operator, 66%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
nuclear reactor operator 66% covered radiation protection officer 49% covered radiation protection technici… 46% covered nuclear engineer 44% covered power plant control room oper… 30% covered nuclear technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from nuclear technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a nuclear technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A nuclear technician needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • operate machine tools working with computers
  • maintain electromechanical equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain nuclear reactors working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use hand tools handling and moving
  • ensure equipment cooling working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • calibrate precision instrument working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • investigate contamination information skills
  • calculate exposure to radiation information skills
  • monitor radiation levels information skills
  • radioactive contamination natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a nuclear technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Nuclear technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a nuclear technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.