east2009.... rolltide is dead on with his bartlett reference as they are today's version of rad services, numanco, and irm all rolled into one.
10cfr26 is a nice way of saying ffd, or fitness for duty and that succinctly says iffen ya do drugs or alcohol then ya can't work.... sorta like airline pilots.
certs are still a pain, but iffen yinz wanna be a road hp, then look into the nrrpt (national registry of radiation protection technologists), but it takes at least 5 years experience to sit for the exam. other disciplines may have certs, you'd have to check them out.
iffen i wuz you, i'd try to go on the road with the it thing. again, bartlett would be a good starting place as they had basic it going 12 years ago in the outage biz with their telemetrical dosimetry program and other applications. but with the it certs you may have, that'd probably be your most lucrative aspect of this wunnerful employment endeavor.