PHYSICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIAN

Job Duties: You will make and interpret air, water, and surface radiation surveys in most, if not all, vessel and shipyard areas, posting areas, and arranging for erection of barriers. You will check out deviations from normal or anticipated radiation levels to determine if the deviations are transient, instrument in defective, shielding has moved, equipment or the area has higher than expected radiation levels. You will interpret work plans, drawings, specifications, and procedures pertaining to maintenance, overhaul, refueling, or alteration of nuclear vessels. You will implement radiological control procedures related to the storage, local transportation, and local treatment of small volumes of nuclear waste. You will gain familiarity with the work methods and procedures of a few skilled trades and the radiological control procedures for monitoring them. You will gain familiarity with accident and casualty prevention and control procedures, as well as detection and correction of routine deficiencies. You will gain understanding of the layout and functioning of the nuclear propulsion system for a few variations of particular vessel designs. You will maintain required Shipyard and radiological control technician qualifications as directed by the Head, Radiological Monitoring Division.