Hazardous materials technicians monitor, remove, store, treat, transport, and dispose of waste that is hazardous. Hazardous Materials Technicians is a specialty of Science Technicians. For more information, see that specialty occupation. Nuclear technicians operate nuclear test and research equipment. They check radiation and help nuclear engineers and physicists in research.
Petroleum technicians measure and record conditions in oil or gas wells.
Other science technicians collect weather information or work with oceanographers. Science Technicians is in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Career Cluster.