Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation

A two steps course designed to meet the requirements of the accreditation body and is so structured to meet national requirements and recommendations and is ideal for all radiography examination routes which may contain basic radiation safety content such as ASNT, NAS410 and BGAS-CSWIP.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Understand the basic radiation physics and its characteristics, discussing more about radiation including absorption and scattering, photoelectric effect, compton scattering, HVL and particulate radiation
• Use proper radiographic and radiation monitoring equipment such as x-ray, gamma-ray and etc.
• Identify radiation protection and radiation materials
• Recognize the legislative structure and radiation regulations for radiation safety

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended to all people who work directly in the vicinity of ionizing or non-ionizing radiation sources as well as radiation safety officers in testing laboratories, academic laboratories, oil industry and medical organizations. This course is also suitable to any radiation personnel or employees working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted radiation area.

Course Outline

Day 1
Basic Radiation Physics

• Radiation
• Absorption and scattering
• The photoelectric effect
• Compton scattering
• HVL
• Particulate radiation

Day 2
Radiographic and Radiation Monitoring Equipment

• Radiographic equipment (x-ray)
• Radiographic equipment (gamma-ray)
• Radiation units
• Dose limits
• Radiation monitoring
• Personal dosimeter
• Dose limitation

Day 3
Radiation Protection

• Biological effects
• Radiation detection and Measurement
• Protection against radiation
• Principles and practices of radiation protection
• Calculations for radiation protection

Day 4
Radiation Materials

• Storage of radiation sources
• Transport of radioactive substances
• Emergency procedures
• Transport of radioactive substances
• The role of the RPA and RPS
• Appointments and responsibilities
• Local Rules and contingency (Emergency) plans

Day 5
Regulations and Standards

• Normative documents
• Normative documents and legislative structure
• Radioactive Substances Act 1993
• The lionizing Radiations Regulations
• Review of basic radiation safety
• The regulation of work with radiation

Course Methodology

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Course Fees

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Timings

Daily Course Timings
08:00 - 08:20 Morning Coffee / Tea
08:20 - 10:00 First Session
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee / Tea / Snacks
10:20 - 12:20 Second Session
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch Break & Prayer Break
13:30 - 15:00 Last Session