[ RadSafe ] Technician Pay

[Thomas Johnston]

Hello Elaine,
Contact Michael Rennhack the owner and operator of www.nukeworker.com
Mike will definitely know what is the salary range to expect, minimum
education and job qualifications.
Perhaps you may wish to list on his site.
I would not be surprised if he did not have several people lined up to fill
your vacancy, NOW!

Best regards,
Thomas


Thomas Johnston

Health Physicist

NIST Center for Neutron Research

National Institute for Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1733

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

301-975-5815



On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Marshall, Elaine <emarshall at lrri.org>wrote:

> Was curious as to the pay range that you might have for a Sr. RCT?
>
>
>
> General job duties would include:
>
> Routines
>
> Semi-annual leak testing (about 20 sources)
>
> Job coverage
>
> Coordinate instrument calibration (sent to a vendor and we have about 70
> instruments)
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> Emergency response
>
> Package receipt (about 2 packages per week)
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>
>
> We have interviewed several individuals and the feedback that I get is
> that we are expecting too much and not offering enough in pay.  Our
> minimum requirements include Associates and 3 years of experience.
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>
>
> What I am seeing in the individuals is that experience is very limited
> (i.e. power plant or D&D) and that knowledge base is limited. Had
> someone tell me that working with airborne alpha is no different than
> with beta.  Someone else couldn't explain why one would use a GM and an
> ion chamber to perform a survey of 250 mCi of Tc-99m.
>
>
>
> I am really struggling to fill this position.  It has been open for six
> months.  I know that there is competition with the contracts out there
> for Hanford and Idaho Falls.  At the same time I am trying to ascertain
> if the salary range that I have ($27-$30/hr with full benefits and
> relocation) is unreasonable or if that is the convenient answer and
> there are other issues I need to address.  Our benefits include 15 days
> of vacation to start, medical, dental and vision, educational
> reimbursement and pension, 10 paid holidays and flexible schedule.
>
>
>
> Elaine T. Marshall, CHP
>
> Radiation Safety Officer
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> Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
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> 2425 Ridgecrest Drive SE
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> Albuquerque, NM  87108
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> (505) 348-9578
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> emarshall at lrri.org
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>
>
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