PipelineNC Career Profile for
Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians
Career Description
Operate equipment used for the release, control, and utilization of nuclear energy to assist scientists in laboratory and production activities. 
NC Salary
$43,230
$64,510
$84,440
What It Takes
Required Level of Education - Some College Courses Related Work Experience - None On-Site or In-Plant Training - Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year On-the-Job Training - Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months 
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Sample Tasks
KnowledgePublic Safety and Security
Importance:
 Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Engineering and Technology
Importance:
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Mechanical
Importance:
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Physics
Importance:
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
English Language
Importance:
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
AbilitiesProblem Sensitivity
Importance:
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Written Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Information Ordering
Importance:
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Perceptual Speed
Importance:
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Oral Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Work Styles
Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Self Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. ASSESS YOUR JOB SKILLS FOR THIS CAREER PATH
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