Instructor Qualifications

RAD – Radiography Instructor Qualifications – ARCHIVE

Formerly known as RAD – Radiography Instructor Qualifications (includes MRI and Mammography) prior to October 2026

Qualifications prior to October 2026

Full Time Radiography Instructor

  • Associate degree or higher in Radiologic Science or Radiography and
  • Bachelor degree or higher in any field, or obtain within 24 months of hire
  • Master’s Degree in any field if applying for Program Director role, or obtain within 18 months of hire
  • Current ARRT certification and
  • Oregon license in radiography – or obtain within 3 months and
  • 3 years or more radiography work experience. Recent teaching experience at the college level or industry training experience, or a combination of the two, may be substituted, year for year, for recent experience in the Imaging industry.

Part Time Radiography Lab or Lecture Instructor

  1. Current ARRT certification and Oregon license in radiography and
  2. At least 2 years experience working as a radiographer at a facility where there are radiography students (time spent in clinical training meets this requirement).

Revised/Approved: January 2025

MRI Instructor

  • AAS degree or higher
  • Current ARRT MRI certification and Oregon state license
  • 4 years MRI work experience (up to 1 year may be time spent in clinical training)

Revised/Approved: January 2025

CT Instructor

  • Bachelor’s degree with certification in CT plus 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years CT work experience). Current certification and state license/s required. OR,
  • AAS degree with 30 quarter hours of CT course work and a minimum of 4 years relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years of CT work experience). Current certification and state license/s required, or
  • AAS degree in subject area with a minimum of 5 years CT work experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 3 years of CT work experience. Current certification and state license/s required.

Revised/Approved: January 2018

Mammography Instructor

  • AAS degree or equivalent and
  • Minimum of 2 years of work experience as a registered mammographer and
  • Current Oregon license in radiography and ARRT certification in mammography.

Revised/Approved: January 2025

Qualifications prior to January 2025

Radiography Instructor
  • Associate degree or higher in any field and
  • Current ARRT certification and
  • Oregon license in radiography – or be eligible within 3 months and
  • 3 years or more radiography work experience. Recent teaching experience at the college level or industry training experience, or a combination of the two, may be substituted, year for year, for recent experience in the Imaging industry.

Revised/Approved: 05/03/2021

MRI Instructor
  • Bachelor’s degree with specialization in MRI plus 4 years relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required. Or,
  • AAS degree and 30 quarter hours of MRI course work and a minimum of 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required, or
  • AAS degree in Radiography with a minimum of 5 years MRI work experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 3 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required.

Revised/Approved: January 31, 2018

CT Instructor
  • Bachelor’s degree with certification in CT plus 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years CT work experience). Current certification and state license/s required. OR,
  • AAS degree with 30 quarter hours of CT course work and a minimum of 4 years relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years of CT work experience). Current certification and state license/s required, or
  • AAS degree in subject area with a minimum of 5 years CT work experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 3 years of CT work experience. Current certification and state license/s required.

Revised/Approved: January 31, 2018

Mammography Instructor
  • AAS degree or equivalent and
  • Minimum of 3 years of work experience as a registered radiographer/mammographer and
  • Current Oregon license in radiography and ARRT certification in mammography.

Approved: January 31, 2018

Lab Instructor
  1. Current ARRT certification and a current Oregon License in radiography and
  2. At least 2 years full-time experience working at a facility where there are radiography students.

Revised/Approved: January 31, 2018

Qualifications prior to May 2021

Radiography Instructor
  • Minimum of Bachelor’s degree (in any field) and
  • Minimum 3 years recent radiography work experience and
  • Current ARRT certification and Oregon license in radiography or be eligible within 3 months and
  • Minimum 1 year experience using digital imaging equipment and related storage processes.

Revised/Approved: 1/31/2018

Qualifications prior to January 31, 2018

Lab Instructor
  1. Current ARRT certification and a current Oregon License in radiography
  2. At least 2 years full-time experience working at a facility where there are radiography students in the imaging department.
Radiography Instructor
  • Faculty hired to teach mammography course work will possess a minimum of three years of work experience as a registered radiographer/mammographer, and hold an unencumbered state of Oregon license in radiography and AART certification in mammography.

Revised Date: 12/03/2002

For MRI – Magnetic Resonance Imaging Courses
  • Bachelor’s degree with evidence of specialization in MRI plus 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required.
  • Bachelor’s degree with 30 quarter hours of MRI course work and a minimum of 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required.
  • AAS degree in Radiography with a minimum of 5 years MRI work experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 3 years MRI work experience). Current certification and state license/s required.

Approved: April 2012

For CTT – Computed Tomography Courses
  • Bachelor’s degree in subject area (Medical Imaging), with certification in CT ) plus 4 years of relevant clinical experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years CT work experience).  Current certification and state license/s required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in related area (Computed Tomography, Advance Radiography) with 30 quarter hours of CT course work and a minimum of 4 years relevant clinical experience ( can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 2 years of CT work experience).  Current certification and state license/s required.
  • AAS degree in subject area with a minimum of 5 years CT work experience (can include time spent in clinical training but no less than 3 years of CT work experience.  Current certification and state license/s required.

Approved: April 2012