Part Time Radiation Safety Practice Stage One

Radiation Safety Practice Stage One - Newbury College

Full Time courses for under 19's are free of chargeCode : Start : End : Times : Day : Duration : Cost (Year 1)*

RS0201 091001 : 16/09/2009 : 05/05/2010 : 09:00 to 16:15 : Wednesday : 29 Weeks : 1,591.00

Course Overview This is a professional qualification suitable for those working in this field. A course designed to provide a qualification for supporting staff engaged in radiological protection. The main object of the course is to enable the candidate to use effectively standard instruments and equipment.

Qualification gained: Radiation Safety Practice Stage One. City and Guilds 7410.

Course Content: General including atomic physics, radioactive decay, sources and properties of radiation, detection and measurement. 2 Biological Aspects of Ionising Radiations. 3 Protection and Control A Legislation. B The external hazard including effects, dose, inverse square law and principles of protection and control. C The internal hazard including effects, weighting factors and effective dose, surface and airborne contamination, derived limits, derived air concentrations, principles of protection and control, glove boxes and personal protective equipment. The practice of control including monitoring, waste and the effects of natural radioactivity. Nuclear fission and Reactors. Emergencies and Incidents. 4 Practical work to be selected from Counting; Determination of efficiency and background, checks on the monitor, operating voltage, random decay and half-life. Monitoring; Alpha contamination, defects in probes, monitoring of surfaces. Beta/gamma contamination and radiation, particle energy and count rate, monitoring in the presence of background. Air sampling. Radiation monitoring, shielding and the inverse square law. Personal monitoring.

Work Experience: Work experience would be of assistance in understanding many of the topics included on the course, but is not essential.

Course Assessment: A minimum of ten out of twelve practical assignments undertaken, have to be written up in acceptable scientific manner for continuous internal assessment. This can provide up to 100 out of 300marks available for the Practical Assessment; the remaining 200 marks are available from a 45 minute oral assessment during May from external examiners. A three hour written theory examination paper is taken in May. An internal theory exam is held in December and a full mock theory exam is held in April.

Progression: Work experience would be of assistance in understanding many of the topics included on the course, but is not essential.

Homework: Ten practical assignments have to be completed for assessment. Some time is available during lesson time to process data collected. An estimated thirty hours on top of this might be necessary to complete the assignments. Homework is also required for some of the work involving calculations in the theory part of the course.

Additional Costs: The reference text for the course is, An Introduction to Radiation Safety by Martin and Harbison, 5th Edition.

Course Fees

• Fees quoted with the course information are for the current academic year. Fees for the next academic year starting in September are subject to change and will be confirmed annually.
• Part Time Course Fee Relate to Year 1 course fees only. Two year course fees will have an additional course fee for the second year; these fees are subject to confirmation annually.

Popular courses fill quickly and early enrolment is recommended.

Please note that course information may be subject to change and you are advised to check the current details with Newbury College before you enrol.