Green Careers
Radiation Therapist
What Radiation Therapist are.
A Radiation Therapist treat cancers and other diseases by giving radiation treatment. Also most radiation therapist work in hospitals full time because most of the radiation treatment is planned in advanced.
Education
The education you need to be a radiation therapist is you need to complete a 12 month formal training program which leads ether to a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree. Also you need to be fully licensed in radiation therapy before you start treating people.
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Environmental relationship between radiation therapist and the environment
Relationship between environment and radiation therapy
The environmental relationship between radiation therapist and the environment is that the therapists will have to be careful not to get to exposed to radioactive material which is the radiation treatment. Also they need to be careful not to expose it to other people or things that are outside of the radiation room.
Advantages to the environment
One of the advantages to the environment is that all radiation treatments are done in a all lead room so none of the radioactive materials seep out of the room and harm other things.
Disadvantages to the environment
One of the disadvantages to the environment is that if things get exposed to too much radiation they can be very harmed. Also when the patients are actually receiving the radiation treatment the therapists are outside of the room so the don't get to exposed to the radiation. This does not mean that the therapists will not get exposed they just wont get exposed to too much of it.
salary
The salary range in 2010 was $74,980 per year; $36.05 per hour.
The salaries now in 2013 may be a little more than this.
Interesting facts about radiation
An interesting fact I found is that two thirds of cancer patients receive radiation treatments. Also the average patientenrs a radiation therapists see is 200 and 300 a year.