Radiation safety officer

Pay in the destination countries

Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.

What does the day look like?

Routine physical surveys and area monitoring take up 40% of the day. You walk facility zones with handheld instruments such as Ludlum Model 3, Ludlum Model 2241, and Thermo Fisher RadEye PRD to survey gamma, beta, and neutron radiation, and collect smear tests on floors, door handles, and fume hoods to detect loose contamination. While active field monitoring forms this core share, the rest of the day consists of routine technical tasks: 25% goes to logging personnel, issuing Mirion DMC 3000 electronic personal dosimeters (EPDs) and Harshaw TLDs, and recording doses in software; 20% is spent completing Radiation Work Permits (RWPs), calibrating instruments, and filing logs in Sentinel or Mirion Horizon; 10% involves scanning waste bags and running Mirion Argos exit monitors; and 5% is dedicated to emergency spill cleanups and drills.

Standard hospital and laboratory roles operate regular 8-hour day shifts totaling 40 hours per week, with occasional on-call rotation for emergency spills. Operating reactor or nuclear decommissioning sites run on 12-hour rotating shifts covering 24/7 operations, which involve regular night work.

Where does this lead?