This course is aimed at personnel who want to become a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for industrial sources and develop their knowledge and expertise in the management of radiation safety.
This course is appropriate for personnel who have a reasonable understanding of the activities carried out on an exploration, mining and processing site or in the oil and gas industry.
This course will provide the foundation knowledge to begin practical training under another licenced RSO on the site, to develop the skills so that the attendee may apply for a licence as the Radiation Safety Officer.
The course includes classroom and practical sessions, workshops and assignments as well as a written exam and portfolio of evidence for RSO certification. A moderate level of maths is required for this course.
Course Details
Location
Perth
Pre-requisite(s)
Radiation Awareness Online Course
Licencing
Recognised by the WA Radiological Council, LS Licence submission assistance included
Why Should I attend?
You will gain current knowledge, discuss how you can adapt these methods into your organisation. This course is focused on giving you compelling take-away tools in a practical, interactive way so that you can apply them the next day and contextualise into your organisation. Receive a comprehensive training manual as reference material as well as further reading.
Radiation Professionals Australia and DGAir have a long-standing track record of delivering very successful customised learning solutions achieving real and measurable value for our clients through our senior training consultants. We provide onsite training options which can be an ideal solution giving you the opportunity to customise our course content to your specific training needs, as well as attracting significant savings compared to public course costs. We are a radiation safety training provider recognised by the WA Radiological Council and the relevant regulatory.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course trainees will be issued with a Certificate of Competency in Radiation Safety Management. The third day of the course is also is recognised as meeting the training course requirements for persons wishing to obtain a licence for the purpose of Transport of Radioactive Material as issued by the Radiological Council.
Transport of Radioactive Material as issued by the Radiological Council
- Structure of Matter
- Radioactivity and Radiation
- Measuring and Units
- Biological Effects
- Natural and Man-made radiation
- Packages for transport
- Transport Index
- Categories of Packages
- Marking/ Labelling
- Segregation
- Stowage and Storage in transit
- Legislation
- Placarding
- Documents/ Consignment
- Transport of Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material (NORM)
- Undeliverable Consignments
- Transport by post
- Transport of motorcycle
- Passengers and assistants
- Radiation Protection Program
- Emergency procedures
- Application for licence

