Advanced Radiation Safety Officer

Course Objective

Develop sufficient radiation protection knowledge and skills to be able to:

• recognise the need for an operational and management framework for the safety and security of radioactive substances and radiation apparatus
• formulate and implement a radiation protection program
• comply with regulations, standards and requirements

Audience

Personnel that have operational or management responsibilities for radioactive substances and/or radiation apparatus as part of their work:

• as a Radiation Safety Officer responsible for a range of radioactive substances, radiation apparatus and/or radiation services across a variety of facilities or industries
• in a role that deals with radiation safety on a daily basis
• in a role that requires a comprehensive understanding of the science of ionising radiation, radiation safety and security, emergency response and diverse applications of radiation

Course Content

• Scientific Background
• Review: Preliminary Reading
• Workshop: Scientific Background
• Biological Effects of Radiation
• Radiation Protection Principles
• External Radiation Hazards
• Internal Radiation Hazards
• Workshop: Derived Air Concentration
• Ionising Radiation in the Environment
• NORM in Industry
• Lecture & Workshop: The Chart of Nuclides
• Workshop: Radiation Protection Calculations
• Detection and Measurement
• Practical: Dose Rate Survey
• Personal Dosimetry
• Industrial Gauges
• Working with Sealed Sources
• Lecture & Workshop: Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
• Practical: Shielding Effectiveness
• Practical: Surface Contamination Survey
• Working with Unsealed Sources
• Working with X-Ray Equipment
• Legislation and Codes of Practice
• Workshop: Codes of Practice and Safety Guides
• Radioactive Waste Management
• Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Workshop: Incident Scenarios
• Role of a Radiation Safety Officer
• Workshop: Developing a Radiation Management Plan
• Source Security
• Workshop: Workplace Monitoring Scenarios
• Workshop: Safety Assessment

Tours

• GATRI (Gamma Technology Research Irradiator)
• Instrument Calibration Facility
• OPAL (Open Pool Australian Lightwater) reactor
• Waste Management