Nuclear Medicine Technologists


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Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Nuclear Medicine Technologists - Skills and Abilities

Nuclear medicine technologists need to:

Communicate

  • Understand spoken information.
  • Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
  • Listen to others and ask questions.
  • Understand written information.
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  • Write clearly so other people can understand.
  • Read and understand work-related materials.

Reason and Problem Solve

  • Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
  • Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
  • Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
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  • Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
  • Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
  • Develop rules that group items in various ways.
  • Recognize the nature of a problem.
  • Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.

Use Math and Science

  • Use scientific methods to solve problems.
  • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.
  • Use math skills to solve problems.
  • Choose a mathematical method or formula to solve problems.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

  • Check how well one is learning or doing something.
  • Manage the time of self and others.

Work with People

  • Be aware of others’ reactions and understand the possible causes.
  • Change behavior in relation to others’ actions.
  • Look for ways to help people.

Work with Things

  • Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Operate and control equipment.

Perceive and Visualize

  • Identify a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in distracting material.
  • Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.