x-ray tech?

Question

What are the ups & downs with going to school & becoming an x-ray technician???

Answer 1

ups- decent pay, good job market opportunity's ( hospital, clinics, private offices, travel work). you can branch into specializations like the person above me stated.

Downs- have to work around radiation. You never know who you are going to have to deal with ( some patients can be nasty ).

A note about the ultrasound field though, you dont have to be an RT to go into ultrasound. So if you like ultrasound then go for it, ( it pays a Little better right now) the future potential for that modality it very good.
oh yeah and mammo is not an option for some of us. ) that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Answer 2

It is grueling work in the sense it is very repititious as is lab techs. However, once you get your RT you can continue education to become a CAT scan tech, Radiation Tech, Nuclear Tech, MRI Tech- pays much more, more brain work than brawn --- and I hope you're good in physics because unfortunately there is a lot of physics courses to master. The pay is really good as you specialize- just like anyother field- bottom man, bottom pay, as you increase your specialization- the more you make- oh, you also can become and ultrasound tech- very interesting and rewarding and a mammography tech. Good luck to you---