OK, so you passed the NEU or NUF, or whatever they're calling it these days....
You've endured the mindnumbing monotony of being a junior at access.
Congrats! You've made 18.1! You've been bumped up! You got that 5-6 buck an hour raise! You're feeling pretty dang good about yourself!
You head into your control point, and you hear these words....goes a little bit like this...
"You have a crew going into the HPCI, (plug in your own room here) they want to breech a valve, take a deconner, a n RO-20, some face shields, and go cover 'em!"
you think, "oh s***". What do I do? How am I supposed to cover these guys, I've been frisking and smearing forever...
This brings me to my new post:
TOP 10 things every NEW SENIOR should know!1) DON'T PANIC. DO NOT PANIC. Never let the crew see ya sweat. If you have no confidence in YOU, don't expect them to....
2) Just b/c the job's over...doesnt mean that yours is... you probably have surveys to write. So get in the practice of writing up surveys, you'll be doing it a lot.
3) You are in the business of Radiation Protection, not Radiation PRODUCTION!
If the crew is on a schedule, so what....you're not. If they wanna call up a boss and complain, help their fingers do the walking.
4) DONT DO BOP if you can help it! To me, BOP is an acronym for Bustin' Our asses Properly. Forget any semblance of organization here folks, if you're sitting at the BOP control point, you're screwed.
5) If you're confused about your job assignment, or where to go in the plant...ask a more experienced Senior tech who's been there before, or a House tech who should know the plant like the back of their hand.
6) Think about the worker first....it's your job to protect them, even from themselves.
7) You may not remember the work crews you worked with, but they'll remember you. Be nice to them, help them out, make their lives easier, and they will reciprocate tenfold!!!

New Seniors sometimes get stuck with doing old Jr. work sometimes.....it happens. Deal with it.
9) Some plants don't take 18.1s (VY, ANO, etc...), it becomes an issue of putting in time towards 3.1 as opposed to the pay cut you'll eventually get.
10) Always remember our purpose. We are all about CRAP!!!
Contamination, Radiation, Airborne, and Personnel monitoring. Recite this mantra before every job.