| Activities | Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies, using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques. |
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| Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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| Median Income | $62,300 per year in May 2006 |
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| Work Context & Conditions | Nuclear medicine technologists generally work a 40-hour week, perhaps including evening or weekend hours, in departments that operate on an extended schedule. |
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| Minimum Education Requirements | Technical Program
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| Skills | Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Active Listening, Writing, Time Management, Mathematics, Active Learning, Operation Monitoring, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Science |
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| Abilities | Oral Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Written Comprehension, Near Vision, Oral Comprehension |
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