hazardous waste techniciantoradiation protection technician
A hazardous waste technician already meets 61% of what the radiation protection technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
61%
40.3/ 100
1 Share of the radiation protection technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hazardous waste technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A radiation protection technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a hazardous waste technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop hazardous waste management strategies
- develop radiation protection strategies
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- hazardous waste treatment
- hazardous waste types
- instruct employees on radiation protection
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radiation protection technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hazardous waste technician background worth leading with.
- already held remove contaminated materials handling and moving
- already held develop radiation protection strategies management skills
- already held instruct employees on radiation protection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations information skills
- already held monitor radiation levels information skills
- already held hazardous materials transportation services
All 22 carried skills, including the 10 the radiation protection technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held calculate exposure to radiation required
- required, not held perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held investigate contamination optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
- required, not held use personal protection equipment required
- optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
- required, not held monitor nuclear power plant systems required
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
- required, not held metrology required
- required, not held nuclear reprocessing required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a radiation protection technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 calculate exposure to radiation skill · cross sector
- 02 health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge · cross sector
- 03 metrology knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
- already held develop radiation protection strategies skill
- already held ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
- already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
- already held hazardous waste types knowledge
- already held instruct employees on radiation protection skill
- already held monitor radiation levels skill
- already held radiation protection knowledge
- already held radioactive contamination knowledge
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
- already held assess contamination skill
- already held avoid contamination skill
- already held contamination exposure regulations knowledge
- already held dispose of hazardous waste skill
- already held follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
- already held hazardous materials transportation knowledge
- already held hazardous waste storage knowledge
- already held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
- already held monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held remove contaminants skill
- already held remove contaminated materials skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist people in contaminated areas optional
- optional, not held document survey operations optional
- optional, not held advise on pollution prevention optional
- optional, not held investigate contamination optional
- optional, not held perform demarcation optional
- optional, not held test safety strategies optional
31 held skills the radiation protection technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
- not needed by the target role assess waste type skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
- not needed by the target role clean up spilled oil skill
- not needed by the target role collect industrial waste skill
- not needed by the target role collect samples for analysis skill
- not needed by the target role decontamination techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role document analysis results skill
- not needed by the target role drain hazardous liquids skill
- not needed by the target role educate on hazardous waste skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with waste legislative regulations skill
- not needed by the target role establish waste collection routes skill
- not needed by the target role follow standards for machinery safety skill
- not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue licences skill
- not needed by the target role maintain recycling records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain waste collection records skill
- not needed by the target role operate recycling processing equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pneumatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiochemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role respond to nuclear emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role sort waste skill
- not needed by the target role store contaminated materials skill
- not needed by the target role test electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role test samples for pollutants skill
- not needed by the target role waste and scrap products knowledge
- not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- required, not held metrology required
- required, not held nuclear reprocessing required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.