color deficiency

[shawn]

What jobs require people to not have a color deficiency?

[HydroDave63]

can you clarify what you want to know?

[shawn]

Will being color blind ruin my chance at being an operator or any other position at a nuclear plant?  I've been told that no color deficiency is a physical requirement.

[Fermi2]

Yes it will.

[NJ]

You should talk with Rich Helm.  His son had some kind of surgery to correct the problem so he could get a job in the Armed Services.  Not too sure the details but it worked.  I don't know his handle here or how to get a hold of him but someone out there should.  Try to reach him!
PS: Hi Rich.
NJ

[CATCH22]

My e-mail address is catch221949@msn.com
Richard Helm

[Already Gone]

It depends on the severity of the deficiency.  I, like as many as 10% of men have a slight color deficiency called Deuteranomaly.  It is a common form of Anomalous trichromacy, and has no effect on my work.  I just have a hard time seeing some of the numbers in the circle of colored dots.  (the Ishihara test) Green and brown, sometimes even green and red are difficult to distinguish.  If this is your problem, you should get in okay.
If you are Dichromatic or Monochromatic your chances are slim.

[Fermi2]

If you can't pass the color blindness test on your physical you can't be an Operator.

[Already Gone]

Fortunately, this test does not require a 100% to pass.

Unfortunately, the test to get a license to operate a nuclear reactor doesn't either.

[CATCH22]

http://www.colormax.org/

[sps]

I am color blind (can't pass the plate test) and I am wanting to know what jobs at a power plant do not require a pass on the color test, and or what jobs definitely do require a pass on the color test.