Level 2 NRS Apprenticeship - Health Physics Monitor 2025 - Dungeness

Nuclear Restoration Services

Romney Marsh (TN29 9PP)

Closes on Friday 25 April 2025

Posted on 13 March 2025

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Summary

NRS are offering the exciting opportunity for on-site learning in this hands on and in demand role. Ensure people, plants and the environment are kept safe from the effects of radiation and potential contamination. We are looking for enthusiastic local talent to develop the nuclear industry of tomorrow.

Wage
£16,205 a year

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We offer a starting salary of £16,205 with opportunities for pay increases as you advance in your apprenticeship.

Training course
Nuclear health physics monitor (level 2)
Hours
Dependant on site working hours. This will be discussed with your line manager prior to starting.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Monday 11 August

Duration

2 years

Positions available

3

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Learn the Ropes: Get hands-on experience working with our expert team in a real-world nuclear setting. You'll learn about radiation protection, contamination control, and safety protocols.
  • Work with Experts: Collaborate with seasoned health physicists who will mentor and guide you through every step of the process.
  • Be Hands On: You will be trained to use technical instruments, to take readings of surface and airborne contamination levels and radiation dose rates, recording the readings detected and responding accordingly.
  • Learn while you Earn: You will be following the Government approved Level 2 Nuclear Health Physics Monitor Apprenticeship Standard. You will be spending a portion of your time studying at the MTC (Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre) in Oxford. You can also expect on the job training at your allocated NRS site and the kind of practical experience you can’t get in a college based environment.

Where you’ll work

Dungeness A Power Station
Dungeness
Romney Marsh
TN29 9PP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE MTC - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

Your training course

Nuclear health physics monitor (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Challenge unsafe practices.
  • Follow work instructions. For example, risk assessments.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Respond to changes in radiological conditions using safety management systems. For example, As Low As Reasonably Practicable principles (ALARP).
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures. For example, identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Apply human performance and human factors nuclear culture.
  • Identification of radiation sources and materials.
  • Apply control measures taken with radiation sources and materials.
  • Select and use radiological protection monitoring instruments: for example, smear paper, hand-held radiation and contamination rate meters, installed and portable air samplers.
  • Carry out functional tests of radiation protection monitoring instrumentation using calibrated radioactive sealed sources.
  • Perform numerical calculations for radiological measurements with SI units.
  • Comply with emergency response plans: carry out critical incident monitoring, use forward control points (FCP) and access control points (ACP) to respond and recover from nuclear incidents.
  • Comply with legislative regulations and guidance: Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR), Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (REPPIR).
  • Record radiation protection monitoring and survey results using required documentation.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate verbally with colleagues and managers using industry terminology.
  • Communicate in writing with colleagues and managers.
  • Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
  • Carry out and record learning and development activities.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
  • Comply with health and safety regulations and procedures. Challenge unsafe practices.
  • Follow work instructions. For example, risk assessments.
  • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Respond to changes in radiological conditions using safety management systems. For example, As Low As Reasonably Practicable principles (ALARP).
  • Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations and procedures. For example, identify and segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Apply human performance and human factors nuclear culture.
  • Identification of radiation sources and materials.
  • Apply control measures taken with radiation sources and materials.
  • Select and use radiological protection monitoring instruments: for example, smear paper, hand-held radiation and contamination rate meters, installed and portable air samplers.
  • Carry out functional tests of radiation protection monitoring instrumentation using calibrated radioactive sealed sources.
  • Perform numerical calculations for radiological measurements with SI units.
  • Comply with emergency response plans: carry out critical incident monitoring, use forward control points (FCP) and access control points (ACP) to respond and recover from nuclear incidents.
  • Comply with legislative regulations and guidance: Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR), Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (REPPIR).
  • Record radiation protection monitoring and survey results using required documentation.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Communicate verbally with colleagues and managers using industry terminology.
  • Communicate in writing with colleagues and managers.
  • Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
  • Carry out and record learning and development activities.
  • Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.

Your training plan

You will be following the Government approved Level 2 Nuclear Health Physics Monitor Apprenticeship Standard. You will be spending a portion of your time studying at the MTC (Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre) in Oxford. In some cases, your course provider may not be close to your site, therefore travel and residential costs will be funded by NRS when you are at college. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths (grade 3)
  • Science (grade 3)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

Other requirements

You will be required to live within commuting distance of the site. You need to be aged 18 or over on the 4th of August 2025. You will be required to achieve security clearance and hold the right to work in the UK.

About this company

As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Restoration Services is a world leader in its field, responsible for safely decommissioning the first generation of nuclear reactors and research sites across the UK and restoring the sites for all our futures. We are delivery focused, transformative, innovative, growing and working hard to future-proof the organisation by investing in our workforce, assets, communities, sites and surrounding landscapes to ensure we leave a sustainable nuclear legacy. NRS is at the forefront of the decommissioning industry, using the latest technology to safely retrieve, treat and package the UK’s nuclear legacy waste. Safety is at the heart of everything we do, preventing harm to our people, sites and the environment. We also strive to be a supportive and inclusive workplace, where protecting the mental health and wellbeing of our workforce is every bit as important as maintaining a strong safety record.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nuclear-restoration-services (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days annual leave (plus public holidays and option to buy and sell leave once a year), automatic membership to our company pension scheme, a percentage of our company bonus scheme after year 1, 24/7 wellbeing services and early careers support.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Following this apprenticeship you will be a qualified Health Physics Monitor. There will be potential to continue your career growth both academically and industrially.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE MTC - ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTRE LIMITED

apprentices@energus.co.uk

01900 605665

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309395.

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Closes on Friday 25 April 2025

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