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How to become a Nuclear and Radiation Safety Engineer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 核与辐射安全工程技术人员

Handles nuclear and radiation safety at organisations that use nuclear energy and nuclear technology, and at related technical service providers.

Main tasks

Carrying out the technical work required by nuclear and radiation safety law and licence conditions
Running quality assurance, writing quality assurance programmes and procedures, and organising or taking part in quality assurance activities
Carrying out radiation protection
Handling training, examination, licence applications and authorisation for operators of civil nuclear facilities
Monitoring and assessing the radiation environment

Ways in

University: Agriculture & Environment degrees, Offered by 83 universities in China Related undergraduate subject classes in the Ministry of Education catalogue (2025): Environmental Science and Engineering (0825); majors such as Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Environmental Ecological Engineering, Environmental Protection Equipment Engineering, Resource and Environmental Science. Matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Green and Low Carbon Technology (420807). Vocational major 420807 Green and Low Carbon Technology (绿色低碳技术), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向).; Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Technology (250101). Vocational major 250101 Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Technology (水文与水资源工程技术), 4 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Surface Water Quality Monitoring (rivers, lakes, reservoirs and bays); Building Information Modelling (BIM).
National qualification: Licence to practise: Registered Nuclear Safety Engineer. You need this qualification to work in the job. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Registered Nuclear Safety Engineer (注册核安全工程师), run by Ministry of Ecology and Environment; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥79,500 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥55,200 to CN¥123,700. One in ten earn less than CN¥42,000 and one in ten more than CN¥192,300.
This is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥121,580 a year (2025), middle half CN¥85,097 to CN¥165,705.
This is the figure for the minor group Environmental Protection Engineers and Technicians, not for this job alone.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Engineering and Technical Personnel holds 2.35% of everyone employed in China; 17.1% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
48.9% are under 35, 45.1% are 35 to 54 and 6% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 35 to 39.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Nuclear and Radiation Safety Engineer?

Ways in include: Agriculture & Environment degrees; Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Green and Low Carbon Technology (420807); Vocational bachelor (职业本科) major: Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Technology (250101).

How much does a Nuclear and Radiation Safety Engineer earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥79,500 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Engineering and Technical Personnel. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥121,580 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Nuclear and Radiation Safety Engineer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation, National Bureau of Statistics: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China, 2022 edition (public consultation draft) (2022 public consultation draft (1,636 occupations; final edition 1,639)), retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026