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Luke Stone

    • About Me:

      I currently still live at home with my family and cat in Manchester. I am working as a radiation protection engineer at the moment, whilst occasionally working part time as a Rounders Umpire. In my free time I will often spend my time playing sports, cooking food or reading books.

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      I come from a rather small tight nit family, of a surprising amount of teachers, meaning that I am fortunately very well travelled, even recently travelling to Japan, whilst currently using Duolingo to learn Japanese. On weekends I will often spend time playing rugby with my local club, going out into central Manchester to try new cuisine at different restaurants, and relaxing at home playing a plethora of video games on either my PS5, Nintendo Switch or PC.

    • My Work:

      My role is to assist with the advisement of clients with regard to their use of ionising radiation, to ensure safety and legal standards are met. This involves writing out site visit reports or safety assessments, as well as travelling to sites both across the country and the world, in order to gather information from the site themselves.

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      My current role is actually a trainee position as I am training to become a radiation protection adviser, which is a governmentally recognised role, which identifies you as one of a handful of people in the UK who are legally allowed to advise people on the use of ionising radiation. In order to help my companies clients I am employed to do a variety of different jobs, such as leading radiation protection supervisor training sessions, assisting HR with careers events and work experience projects, attending professional seminars, webinars and events to further improve my working knowledge, and I also deal with the checking of the office instrumentation and radioactive sources.

    • My Typical Day:

      I wake up around an hour before work starts at 8:30, in order to get ready and drive to work. Once at work I check my emails and outlook calendar to check what I have planned for the day. I either have a packed lunch in the office kitchen or travel to the local science park food hall around midday. My day finishes at 5pm, but 3:45pm on Fridays.

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      In reality there is no quote unquote typical day in my role, seeing as there is so many different parts to my job, we cover a large and varying client base, and the work revolves around ionising radiation which inertly has a random and unpredictable nature.

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    • Education:

      I went to St. Hughs Catholic Primary School as a child as I was raised Catholic, this led into my attendance at St. Ambrose College for both my secondary and sixth form education.
      During year 9 at St. Ambrose we discussed the different types of Energy, and Nuclear energy particular struck a chord with me, this led me to focus on Physics as career path.
      However when deciding what A-levels to do, I had also been advised to look at doing medicine meaning I decided to take A-levels that wouldn’t close off either option.
      I ended up realising that I was much more interested in a physics based career and went to Nottingham Trent University to study Physics with a specialisation in Nuclear Physics.
      After graduating during the process of searching for jobs I also applied to the University of Manchester for a Masters degree as a potential alternative if no success came from job hunting, despite receiving a placement offer I turned this down as I had received my current job offer and decided to peruse experience in my chosen career.
      I still have strong intentions to go back to further education with the eventual aim of gaining a PhD in Physics.

    • Qualifications:

      During my secondary education I received 10 GCSEs:
      English Literature, English Language, Physics, Chemistry Biology, Maths, R.E., Geography, Computing and P.E.
      During Sixth-form I received 1 AS-Level:
      Computing
      I also received 3 A-Levels during Sixth-form:
      Physics, Maths and Chemistry
      During my time at University I gained my Bachelors Degree:
      Physics with Nuclear Technology

    • Work History:

      During Secondary School and Sixth form, I decided to work some part-time jobs, such as in local Charity shops, a paper run, working as front of house at a local Chinese takeaway and as a rounders umpire, whilst still to this day on occasion working at my local Chinese takeaway and as a rounders umpire.
      During my time at University I would occasionally take part in in person and online market research groups and I’d try get opportunities as a mystery diner and in my final year being offered a position as a Students Accommodation Liaison.
      After completing my University education it took me a while to secure a quote unquote real job, working for around 6 months as a temp worker, doing work as both a Field Service Support Representative and an Admin Assistant, around Christmas time I applied to Waitrose as additional Christmas staff, which progressed into a long term employment as a Supermarket Assistant for 6 months at Waitrose.

    • Current Job:

      After sending out several emails of my CV and covering letter, and a few interviews I secured my current position as a Radiation Protection Engineer, at Nuvia.

    • Employer:

      Nuvia, is a subsidiary of VINCI Construction, and division of the world-leading VINCI Group, NUVIA is an international company that operates world-wide on highly regulated and sensitive industrial sites, and has done for decades. They have been involved in all the major nuclear projects in the world thanks to their solid and historical expertise. Today, NUVIA is a key-partner for highly demanding industries that place regulatory requirements and safety at the top of their priorities. Their clients can also count on NUVIA for cutting-edge support services and solutions. With three ranges of NUVIATech products, NUVIA is a leading designer and supplier of sophisticated radiation protection and detection instruments, as valuable in Healthcare, protection, as in radioactivity geolocation.

      Nuvia provide innovative solutions in EPC, Engineering, Services and Products for nuclear environments.
      With over 60 years’ experience in nuclear technology applied to nuclear power plants and nuclear research facilities, they now serve clients on a far wider scale, designing solutions destined to Health Physics, Radiation protection, Nuclear measurement, as well as key nuclear facilities.
      They deliver ground-breaking solutions, in absolute respect of NUVIA’s culture of Excellence, Safety and Environment.
      They work with you throughout the life-cycle of your facility: from design, construction, operations, risk management and maintenance to decommissioning and waste management.

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        Radiation engineering foodie

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        Involved in the Nuclear sector, specifically Nuclear Fusion

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Once or twice in secondary school, almost all the time in primary school

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        Nuclear engineer, or Technology, Consulting and Innovation Engineer

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Eminem and Black Eyed Peas

        What's your favourite food?

        Pizza

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        The answer to Infinite clean energy, A cure for cancer and To be paid to sleep

        Tell us a joke.

        At first I was confused about why I needed to use a Geiger Counter for my job, but then it clicked.

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