Xray Assistant Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA (NOW HIRING)

POSITION SUMMARY

Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Essential Functions Statements

• Ensure compliance with safety and environment guidelines, policies, and regulations.
• Install film plates on the test subject prior to radiation exposure.
• Remove exposed film plate and deliver them to the dark room.
• Install radioactive source on test subject according to quality manual.
• Verify all personnel are not inside of X-Ray Bay prior to exposing radioactive source.
• Wear radioactive dosimeter to monitor his/her exposure to radioactive material
• Train his/her industrial X-Ray Assistant
• Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications. 
• Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers. 
• Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required. 
• Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded. 
• Mark items with details such as grade or acceptance-rejection status. 
• Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems. 
• Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications. 
• Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models. 
• Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.  
• Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards. 
• Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results. 
• Grade, classify, or sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications. 
• Analyze test data, making computations as necessary, to determine test results. 
• Clean, maintain, calibrate, or repair measuring instruments or test equipment, such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, or height gauges. 
• Remove defects, such as chips, burrs, or lap corroded or pitted surfaces. 
• Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels. 
• Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders, submitting discrepancy reports as necessary. 
• Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances. 
• Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes. 
• Inspect or test raw materials, parts, or products to determine compliance with environmental standards. 
• Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators. 
• Position products, components, or parts for testing. 
• Stack or arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging. 
• Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments. 
• Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections. 
• Monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products. 
• Compute usable amounts of items in shipments. 
• Weigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities. 
• Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, or recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, or property owners. 
• Disassemble defective parts or components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges or measuring instruments. 
• Administer tests to assess whether engineers or operators are qualified to use equipment. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.  

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Education:           High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required

Experience:        1 plus years of experience in Pipe Manufacturing

                          2 plus years of experience in X-Ray Field

Certifications & Licenses:              Candidate must be able to pass homeland security background check and a valid driver's license. Industrial Radiography Certification Identification Card from State of Texas or Louisiana. 

Other Requirements:    Must be able to wear radiation monitoring device. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work in a manufacturing setting. Technicians will work in well-maintained, clean environments. Constant interaction with other people and may have to handle several responsibilities at once.