Radiation Therapist
Looking into the body and into the future
Job description and salary
When you get hurt or get extremely sick, you might have to get a full body X-Ray. Radiation Therapists help run this, and best of all, You can have this job with only an associates degree! After taxes, a Radiation Therapist will make about $77,560 a year.
Colleges & Job Outlook
A few colleges that offer becoming a radiation therapist are:
Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, Texas State University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. The predicted Job outlook by 2022 for this job is about 8,400.
X-Ray
Radiation therapy can be ran on all living things, however, humans and dog/cats tend to require it the most. Here we see a dog getting checked by a high-powered x-ray
Dentists
Believe it or not, you've had a lot of Radiation Therapy done to you in your life! Whenever you go to the dentist, you get an x-ray of your teeth! The doctor's assistant is usually recording your actions ((S)he's the Radiation Therapist!)
Radiation Therapist at work
In this picture, you will notice the lady standing to the left holding a notepad. She is the radiation therapist! She observes the patients reaction. records it, and overall assists the real doctor!