Annual Salary
£24,000 to £43,000
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Nuclear technicians are involved in the safety and day-to-day running of nuclear power stations.
Average UK salary in 2023 was £34,963
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: days / nights / weekends; on shifts
There will be
0.5% more Nuclear technician jobs in 2027.
As a nuclear technician, you could:
Possible green job
This job could help the environment.
For a nuclear technician to be a green job, you could:
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You may need to wear protective clothing.
You could work at a power station, at a research facility or in a laboratory.
You can get into this job through:
You can do a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in:
You'll usually need:
You can do a college course to learn some of the skills you'll need to become a nuclear technician.
Courses include:
To become a nuclear technician, you could apply for a place on a Nuclear Technician Level 5 Higher Apprenticeship.
You can also start a Maintenance and Operations Engineering Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship then get further training on the job to work in nuclear facilities.
You'll usually need:
You'll need to:
You can find employers in each part of the country on the Nuclear Industry Association jobs map.
You can get details about working in the the nuclear industry through:Destination Nuclear; Not Just Labcoats; UK Atomic Energy Authority
With experience, you could become a:maintenance shift supervisor; radiation safety adviser; nuclear engineer
You could also use your skills to work in other engineering or power industries.
Alternatively, you might move into nuclear medicine, working with radiological instruments, for instance in hospitals, maintaining radiotherapy and medical imaging equipment.
Nuclear Technicians are needed to work at Hinkley Point C on the maintenance of equipment used in the production of low carbon nuclear energy in the West of England.
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For more information on the different routes you can take to get into working as a nuclear engineer, take a look at the 'Routes into this job' section above.
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You'll need: