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JOB TITLE
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ACCELERATOR OPERATOR
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JOB POSITION
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ACCELERATOR OPERATOR
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JOB INDUSTRIES
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PROFESS. & KIN.
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JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES, RESPONSABILITIES AND TASKS)
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- May be designated according to type of accelerator operated. .
- Participates in maintenance and modification of systems as member of team.
- Records data in log relative to beam specifications, equipment settings used, and beam conditions obtained for future reference.
- Ensures that maintenance workers vacate hazardous locations before operations.
- Alters beam parameters during experiment as directed.
- Monitors readings at console during experiment to ensure accelerator systems meet specifications and notifies experimenter of condition.
- Pushes control levers to steer beam to experimenter's target, as directed.
- Notifies experimenter in target control room when beam parameters meet specifications.
- Adjusts controls to increase beam pulse rate, energy, and intensity to specified levels.
- Pushes console buttons in prescribed sequence to control beam path in accelerator.
- Turns panel controls and watches meters and panel lights to adjust beam steering units and direct beam to accelerator.
- Sets control panel switches, according to standard procedures, to route electric power from source and direct particle beam through injector unit.
- Communicates with accelerator maintenance personnel to ensure readiness of support systems, such as vacuum, water cooling, and radiofrequency power source.
- Reviews experiment schedule to ascertain particle beam parameters specified by experimenter (scientist), such as energy, intensity, and repetition rate.
- Controls operation of particle accelerator used in research experiments involving properties of subatomic particles.
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