Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

radiation protection techniciantoradiation protection officer

A radiation protection technician already meets 61% of what the radiation protection officer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From radiation protection technician
61%
Overlap1
To radiation protection officer
20 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
43.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.9/ 100

1 Share of the radiation protection officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the radiation protection 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

Why this move works

A radiation protection officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a radiation protection technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on pollution prevention
  • calculate exposure to radiation
  • develop radiation protection strategies
  • ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
  • follow nuclear plant safety precautions
  • instruct employees on radiation protection

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radiation protection officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a radiation protection technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 investigate contamination information skills
  • already held calculate exposure to radiation information skills
  • already held monitor radiation levels information skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 13 the radiation protection officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held respond to nuclear emergencies required
  • required, not held apply radiation protection procedures required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held nuclear legislation required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held nuclear energy required
04 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held radiation physics in healthcare required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held design strategies for nuclear emergencies required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held nuclear physics required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a radiation protection officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on pollution prevention skill
  • already held calculate exposure to radiation skill
  • already held develop radiation protection strategies skill
  • already held ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
  • already held follow nuclear plant safety precautions skill
  • already held instruct employees on radiation protection skill
  • already held monitor nuclear power plant systems skill
  • already held monitor radiation levels skill
  • already held perform risk analysis skill
  • already held pollution prevention knowledge
  • already held radiation protection knowledge
  • already held radioactive contamination knowledge
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
  • already held assess contamination skill
  • already held avoid contamination skill
  • already held contamination exposure regulations knowledge
  • already held inspect compliance with hazardous waste regulations skill
  • already held investigate contamination skill
  • already held monitor disposal of radioactive substances skill
  • already held test safety strategies skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held investigate pollution optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held investigate pollution optional
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
  • optional, not held inspect government policy compliance optional
15 held skills the radiation protection officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist people in contaminated areas skill
  • not needed by the target role develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role dispose of hazardous waste skill
  • not needed by the target role document survey operations skill
  • not needed by the target role hazardous materials transportation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste treatment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role metrology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nuclear reprocessing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform demarcation skill
  • not needed by the target role remove contaminants skill
  • not needed by the target role remove contaminated materials skill
  • not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held nuclear legislation required
  • required, not held nuclear physics required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • required, not held nuclear energy required
  • required, not held radiation physics in healthcare required
  • optional, not held pollution legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from radiation protection technician

Full index of moves from radiation protection technician

Note

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.