Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for assigned tasks
- Apply organisation’s radiation management plans concerning hazards, monitoring equipment and safe working rules.
- Liaise with site management to arrange access and confirm the nature and likely duration of assigned tasks.
- Check that equipment required for assigned tasks is present and fit for purpose.
- Record movement of source equipment.
- Stow source equipment and monitoring equipment to prevent damage and to ensure safe, secure transport to the site and within the boundaries of the site.
- Check that transport vehicle is fit for purpose and has the required signage.
- Perform assigned tasks safely
- Assess hazards at the site or prior to commencing assigned tasks, and seek advice if necessary.
- Establish, or activate existing, boundaries and signage to control access to work area.
- Perform pre-use and safety checks of source equipment and monitoring equipment.
- Apply safe working rules and any other site control measures to minimise exposure to personnel and/or members of the public during assigned tasks.
- Perform assigned tasks in the minimum safe time.
- Verify that radiation measurements are below specified levels throughout assigned tasks.
- Seek advice to deal with any situation beyond own technical competence.
- Record required data and note any atypical site conditions or problems encountered and the actions taken.
- Complete assigned tasks
- Confirm that source has been returned to the fully shielded position within its container.
- Check for contamination and if necessary perform personal decontamination in accordance with radiation management plan.
- Re-stow source equipment and monitoring equipment to prevent damage and to ensure safe, secure transport from the site and within the boundaries of the site.
- Record use of radiation source equipment and monitoring equipment.
- Check the condition of all equipment before storing it.
- Manage waste.
- Survey the work area prior to leaving the site.
- Report findings and outcomes
- Record monitoring data.
- Compare monitoring results with relevant radiation limits and note any significant differences or atypical results.
- Identify potential or actual radiation protection or safety issues revealed during monitoring of assigned tasks.
- Identify potential improvements that could be made to monitoring or work practices at the site.
- Report findings and outcomes of assigned tasks.
- Maintain required records that are complete, accurate, legible and secure.
- Respond to potential or actual radiation incidents
- Prepare for assigned tasks
- Apply organisation’s radiation management plans concerning hazards, monitoring equipment and safe working rules.
- Liaise with site management to arrange access and confirm the nature and likely duration of assigned tasks.
- Check that equipment required for assigned tasks is present and fit for purpose.
- Record movement of source equipment.
- Stow source equipment and monitoring equipment to prevent damage and to ensure safe, secure transport to the site and within the boundaries of the site.
- Check that transport vehicle is fit for purpose and has the required signage.
- Perform assigned tasks safely
- Assess hazards at the site or prior to commencing assigned tasks, and seek advice if necessary.
- Establish, or activate existing, boundaries and signage to control access to work area.
- Perform pre-use and safety checks of source equipment and monitoring equipment.
- Apply safe working rules and any other site control measures to minimise exposure to personnel and/or members of the public during assigned tasks.
- Perform assigned tasks in the minimum safe time.
- Verify that radiation measurements are below specified levels throughout assigned tasks.
- Seek advice to deal with any situation beyond own technical competence.
- Record required data and note any atypical site conditions or problems encountered and the actions taken.
- Complete assigned tasks
- Confirm that source has been returned to the fully shielded position within its container.
- Check for contamination and if necessary perform personal decontamination in accordance with radiation management plan.
- Re-stow source equipment and monitoring equipment to prevent damage and to ensure safe, secure transport from the site and within the boundaries of the site.
- Record use of radiation source equipment and monitoring equipment.
- Check the condition of all equipment before storing it.
- Manage waste.
- Survey the work area prior to leaving the site.
- Report findings and outcomes
- Record monitoring data.
- Compare monitoring results with relevant radiation limits and note any significant differences or atypical results.
- Identify potential or actual radiation protection or safety issues revealed during monitoring of assigned tasks.
- Identify potential improvements that could be made to monitoring or work practices at the site.
- Report findings and outcomes of assigned tasks.
- Maintain required records that are complete, accurate, legible and secure.
- Respond to potential or actual radiation incidents