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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Complete site safety induction
   • Participate in required radiation protection and site safety training.
   • Confirm contact details for personnel who can provide emergency and radiation protection and safety information.
2. Recognise site radiation hazards and degree of risk
   • Apply information about the nature and magnitude of radiation hazards and degree of risk associated with work activities at the site.
   • Apply information about exposure pathways and health effects of radiation exposure.
   • Apply information about occupational dose limits.
   • Recognise possible sources of personal contamination and implement recommended decontamination procedures.
   • Identify hazards and risks in work area prior to starting work, at regular intervals during work, and in response to changes in working conditions.
   • Recognise and report non-routine hazards, unusual situations, and potential or actual emergency incidents.
3. Follow procedures for controlling radiation hazards
   • Implement instructions based on radiation protection principles during assigned work.
   • Apply specified safe working rules, and use required personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal monitoring during assigned work tasks.
   • Comply with all site safety signs.
   • Observe required standards of personal hygiene and behaviour while on site.
   • Seek advice or instructions to deal with any situation beyond own technical competence.
   • Apply specified procedures to decontaminate work surfaces and/or personnel as necessary.
   • Implement instructions for managing contaminated waste produced during assigned tasks.
   • Advise employer of previous employment involving occupational exposure to radiation and cooperate in obtaining records of previous exposure.
   • Complete required records and reporting.
4. Follow workplace emergency response procedures
   • Review information about workplace emergency response procedures and personal responsibilities in the event of a radiation incident.
   • Recognise emergency alarms, move to the designated muster point, and follow instructions.
5. Report problems
   • Recognise and report defects in plant equipment and procedures that may compromise radiation protection and safety or radiation protection safety standards, codes and guidelines.
6. Complete site safety induction
   • Participate in required radiation protection and site safety training.
   • Confirm contact details for personnel who can provide emergency and radiation protection and safety information.
7. Recognise site radiation hazards and degree of risk
   • Apply information about the nature and magnitude of radiation hazards and degree of risk associated with work activities at the site.
   • Apply information about exposure pathways and health effects of radiation exposure.
   • Apply information about occupational dose limits.
   • Recognise possible sources of personal contamination and implement recommended decontamination procedures.
   • Identify hazards and risks in work area prior to starting work, at regular intervals during work, and in response to changes in working conditions.
   • Recognise and report non-routine hazards, unusual situations, and potential or actual emergency incidents.
8. Follow procedures for controlling radiation hazards
   • Implement instructions based on radiation protection principles during assigned work.
   • Apply specified safe working rules, and use required personal protective equipment (PPE) and personal monitoring during assigned work tasks.
   • Comply with all site safety signs.
   • Observe required standards of personal hygiene and behaviour while on site.
   • Seek advice or instructions to deal with any situation beyond own technical competence.
   • Apply specified procedures to decontaminate work surfaces and/or personnel as necessary.
   • Implement instructions for managing contaminated waste produced during assigned tasks.
   • Advise employer of previous employment involving occupational exposure to radiation and cooperate in obtaining records of previous exposure.
   • Complete required records and reporting.
9. Follow workplace emergency response procedures
   • Review information about workplace emergency response procedures and personal responsibilities in the event of a radiation incident.
   • Recognise emergency alarms, move to the designated muster point, and follow instructions.
10. Report problems
    • Recognise and report defects in plant equipment and procedures that may compromise radiation protection and safety or radiation protection safety standards, codes and guidelines.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

following required radiation protection and safety procedures

following radiation safety signs

regularly assessing and reassessing risks and hazards and applying required control measures

recognising dose limits

using and caring for PPE and personal monitoring equipment that has been issued for assigned work tasks

responding correctly when encountering contaminated work surfaces and personnel

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

responsibilities of employers and employees under:

relevant Commonwealth guidelines, including RPS No.1

state or territory legislation and local regulations and by-laws

duty of care obligations

radioactive decay, radioactive material, ionising radiation, shielding, safe distance, contamination, contamination controls, decontamination

types and properties of ionising radiation

relevant occupational dose limits

sources of hazardous radiation around the site and degree of risk of exposure or contamination

internal and external exposure pathways and protective measures

radiation health effects

location of controlled or supervised areas within the site

layers of protection:

avoiding exposure, where practicable

isolating sources of radiation where practicable through shielding, containment and remote handling techniques

engineering controls

adopting safe work practices, including work methods which make appropriate use of time, distance and shielding to minimise exposure

using approved PPE where other means of controlling exposure are not practicable

personal hygiene requirements, and effects and implications of risky behaviours

safe working rules and safe operating procedures for equipment

safety signs relevant to assigned tasks

use and care of PPE and personal monitors for assigned tasks

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