First, the work environment. The work is done in the medical field. It works with administer radiopharmaceuticals and radiation devices to treat diseases using a radioisotope with a physician. It takes 40 hours of time during the week, and the job locations are at community hospitals, university related centers, public health institutions, outpatient facilities, and government and private research places. Some more equipment the job requires are spectrometers, radiation detectors, medical cameras, liquid scintillation counters, and computers. …show more content…
Only need an associate's degree ( 2 year degree) is required for the job. No training really involved, and 2 years of other subjects in college. Also no work experience is required for the job either. Then there is some similar careers with this job to like senior staff technologists, research technologists, and more out there.
There are also skills, abilities, and knowledge required for the job. The skills required are “thinking about pros and cons to solve problems.” The abilities required are ideas and logic. Last but not least the knowledge. The knowledge required is math and verbal.
Lastly, the salary and outlook. The salary for the job is median pay. It pays pretty well. The bottom ten percent of people working in this job don’t really get payed well but it will pay well for a single person for a starter, but not for a family of six. The middle average pay it okay but not great. Then the top ten get paid really well and can pay to 62,000 dollars for a