Effective workplace radiation safety training
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2017-08-07
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Australasian Radiation Protection Society
Abstract
Effective workplace radiation safety training is achieved through the implementation of the Systematic Approach to Training (SAT) process. SAT is a multi-step, iterative process for the development and continuous
improvement of radiation safety training. Key components of SAT are the training needs analysis, overarching training program, learning objectives, content and assessment development and training effectiveness
evaluation. The fundamentals of radiation safety as it applies at ANSTO are covered by the Basic Radiation Safety course followed within three months by the scenario-based Radiation Safety Workshop, that classified workers enrolled on the ANSTO dosimetry service are required to complete every five years. To
complement this there has been radiation safety training developed on the specific radiological hazards encountered and the radiation protection arrangements at the Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) reactor. This training consists of an OPAL radiation safety training course for staff new to the facility, and an online OPAL radiation safety training refresher which is required to be completed every three years. The initial training is a full-day instructor led course that consists of a mixture of lectures, workshops, a practical exercise, a tour of the facility and a written exam. The online refresher training consists of two parts: reading key radiation safety
documents specific to OPAL followed by an online exam, and an online module that consists of interactive tasks, maps, photos and information followed by an online exam. This oral presentation examines how by using
the SAT process an effective radiation safety training program has been developed for classified workers at the OPAL reactor to ensure they have the desired knowledge, skills, experience and attitude to radiation safety.
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ANSTO, Australia, OPAL Reactor, Personnel, Training, Radiation protection
Citation
Bus, J. (2017). Effective workplace radiation safety training. Paper presented to APRS 2017: "Science and the art of radiation protection broadening the horizon", Novotel Wollongong Northbeach, Wollongong, NSW, 6-9 August 2017. (pp. 33-34).