If you have ever though about becoming an imaging tech, this article is for you. You'll learn everything you ever wanted to know about becoming an imaging tech, where imaging techs work how much they get paid, what kind of additional in-service training they need, how you can become imaging tech, some of the dangers involved in the job, when you can expect to retire and how you can make difference in the lives of people you serve.
Being an imaging tech is like being in any health related field, its awesome.
We take pictures of certain body parts of the patients to make sure of what the doctors will have to do.
We come in to work. It could be hospital or a Clinique. we read the patient folders and what we incidences we have to for the doctor or radiologist.
We work in Hospitals and Clinique
To become a imaging tech you have to have a DEC in the related programme, you also have to pass the Order exam to become officially a tech.
Between 45 000 and 70 000 dollars annually
We might do some formation in work but we do not need addition schooling or training.
We are exposed to radiation every day.
The chances are pretty high I think because we work with a lot a machines and they almost do all the work for us.
Around the age of 65. We will learn a lot because when you work in that field just like any health related field you keep learning every day about something new. I think a lot of techs are happy with they're choice of working in this field.
Right now I am in my second year in tis program and I still have 1 year of internship to go plus the order exam. My future goals are to become a tech in imaging and having my own Clinique.