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Career Path => Getting in => Topic started by: shawn on Nov 08, 2008, 06:19

Title: color deficiency
Post by: shawn on Nov 08, 2008, 06:19

What jobs require people to not have a color deficiency?

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: HydroDave63 on Nov 08, 2008, 09:44

can you clarify what you want to know?

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: shawn on Nov 08, 2008, 10:02

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.

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: Fermi2 on Nov 09, 2008, 09:42

Yes it will.

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: NJ on Nov 09, 2008, 11:26

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

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: CATCH22 on Nov 09, 2008, 03:47

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

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: Already Gone on Nov 10, 2008, 10:17

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.

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: Fermi2 on Nov 10, 2008, 05:23

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

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: Already Gone on Nov 10, 2008, 05:31

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.

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: CATCH22 on Nov 12, 2008, 10:21

http://www.colormax.org/

Title: Re: color deficiency
Post by: sps on Jul 25, 2009, 04:31

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.