Nuclear Instrument & Control Tech Apprentice-Shift
Core
Skilled routine and multitask work in laboratory, shops, and field for installation, calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and testing of electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation & control systems in nuclear power plants.
Role type
Instrument & Control Technician Apprentice
Builds
Maintenance and calibration of reactor protection, control systems, and associated equipment for nuclear power plant operations
Domain
Nuclear Power Generation / Industrial Instrumentation & Control
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Troubleshooting instrumentation and control circuits, interpreting sketches and prints, applying safety regulations, physical/dimensional measurement techniques, digital electronics and microprocessor technology knowledge, soldering and wire wrapping, rigging equipment
Preferred skills
Knowledge of magnetic amplifier equipment, familiarity with mechanical instrumentation and control theories
Technologies
Microprocessor systems, electronic/hydraulic/pneumatic instrumentation, reactor control rod drive systems, portable radiation monitoring systems
Responsibilities
Perform scheduled maintenance, calibrations, and troubleshooting on instrumentation and controls; verify equipment clearances and radiological work permits; maintain calibration and maintenance work areas for radiation monitoring; assist in pre-critical checkout of reactor controls; perform board component level repair and hardware calibration; modify control panels electrically and mechanically
Seniority
Entry-level Apprentice