Re: Is Health Physics Really A Profession?

[HiRadMissy@aol.com]

     As a contract technician, working in the commercial nuclear industry, it
has been my experience that you had to show not only a certain level of
competence to use and operate various survey meters, you also had to meet the
ANSI standards at a minimum.
    Granted you don't need to know how a car operates in order to drive one,
but there are minimum standards that are required to drive safely.
     I guess the point I am trying to make is, that one minor accident, caused
by ignorance, is going to cost you much more than the price you pay for a
competent technician.

Melissa White
Hiradmissy@aol.com
     
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