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O*NET detailed work activityMeasure radiation levels
Stays humanHands-on work
3 jobs6 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 6 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.
- Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
- Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.
- Calculate equipment operating factors, such as radiation times, dosages, temperatures, gamma intensities, or pressures, using standard formulas and conversion tables.
- Measure the intensity and identify the types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.