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Started by RP Instructor, Sep 17, 2003, 06:15

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What is your higest level of education?

High School
16 (9%)
Some College
28 (15.8%)
2 year Degree
20 (11.3%)
4 year Degree
36 (20.3%)
Over 4 years of college
52 (29.4%)
Military Training
25 (14.1%)

Total Members Voted: 120

RP Instructor

I'm trying to get a feel for the educational background of my "target audience", in order to gauge future lesson plan development. I've found that in the past, I've "talked down" to the students, bored them, and subsequently "lost" them. I"ve also "talked over their heads", and got the "deer-in-the-headlight" look.

RP Instructor

While we're on the subject of education, since most formal health physics training programs (outside the Navy) have become defunct, and most utilities have long since moth-balled their fundamental health physics training programs, how will we educate the "next generation"?

radgal

DOE at least still has fundametal training programs.  Utilities don't want to pay to bring in untrained people.  I takes forever with short outages but you can still go from decon-JrHP-SrHP.  Don't some house jobs have some form of training program.  Some send newbies away (I think to Oak Ridge) for intensive training.

SloGlo

send them to technical schools, 'n on-line courses.  
quando omni flunkus moritati

dubble eye, dubble yew, dubble aye!

dew the best ya kin, wit watt ya have, ware yinze are!

Doc_REM

It is (now) a hard world to live in (nuclear) and to get training!
How many folks out there are still trying to become Sr. H.P.? Some Jr.'s that I'm working with can't get enough hours in just 1 year to qual. in 4 years as a Jr. tech.!!! Short outages and only bring in a few jr.'s to sit at  control pionts isn't going to replace the number of aging Sr. tech out in the field.
So what are we (they) going to do in 5...10 years when the hand full of experenced tech. can't fill the jobs that are avaible?

wave_theory

BS degree (not bachelor's) in Health Physics, Institute for Resource Management, 1984  

Also earned a minor in Creative Accounting  ;)

allforthenukie

Check out Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) by clicking on the ad at the top of the screen here. They have a 2 year health physics associate degree program and I think that it's all available online so is a great option for the tech on the go!  ;)
I think they also have a hazmat program there too.
LTC is located near Manitowoc Wisconsin.

Camella Black

After voting, please respond and let us know where you attended school.

radgal

Got my BA from SUNY @ Stony Brook   Also took classes at UT Knoxville, Pellissippi State in TN, and Indiana University Northwest

ageoldtech

Piedmont College, Demorest GA. A Congregational Bible College
"The Harvard of the South"

Eric_Bartlett

AS Buisness Administration for Dean Jr College (an old transformed military acedamy), BS  Management Science Bridgewater State - Both right here in Ma.
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tonynuke

Uncle Sam's canoe club taught me my trade.

darkmatter

"Never underestimate the power of a Dark Klown"

Darkmatters website is no more, nada, gonzo, 
http://darkmatter.nukeworker.net.istemp.com  this will get you there, but I can't update it anymore. Maybe nukeworker will host personal sites eventully

Dan_E.

AS in Health Physics Technician from Lakeshore Technical College, yea for the internet!

duke99301

who needed it . I am in upper managment now.

MrHazmat

Came out of HS right into HP job at Chem Nuclear. Started with "Pink" book, went to Gollnick, and worked with a lot of very knowledgable people and asked a lot of questions. Then came to DOE and started all over again because they do not think anybody can teach you like they can.
Now I just ship Hazardous Material all over the world.
Keeping our highways safe for over 40 years

AMU

I recall that "Pink" book, can't remember the title or ISBN number of it.  For my first book, it was informative.  I am sure it is way out of print by now, more of a collector interest at this point.  Loaned it to someone and it went AWOL from there.

   

feathersmoke

QuotePiedmont College, Demorest GA. A Congregational Bible College
"The Harvard of the South"

Ahem........The Harvard of the South?

BS from The University of South Carolina

Nuclear NASCAR

Went to Universtity of Missouri-Rolla for a semester, discovered that as a student I was a pretty good meatcutter.  Went back to meatcutting for another 7 years until I got on with the local utility.  Sometimes I wish I'd continued with some studies, maybe after I get done with my quals in a few years.
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge."

  -Bertrand Russell

volfireman07

AS Community College of the Air Force
AS Roane State
BS Tusculum
MS U of Tennessee

TENN-1

BA:  Crammed four years into five at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Class '82.
Things come to those who wait, but usually it's stuff left over from those who hustle!

indoprime

I did four years at Elizabeth City St. ('92-96), and five years at Hampton University ('97-'02). I think i'm schooled out.
Excuses are tools of the incompetent which create monuments of nothingness, Those who specialize in their uses seldom achieve anything.

cairnit

Currently enrolled in BA program at Columbia Southern University via internet. Still deciding between Occupational Safety and Health or Environmental Management program.

bigjay

B.A. Geology from SCSU in Minnesota.

LaFeet

Some college, but mainly as an ex-navy nuke.   Managed a few other feathers in my cap throughout the years.


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