Google Links

Follow the links below to find material targeted to the unit's elements, performance criteria, required skills and knowledge

Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for assigned monitoring tasks
  2. Obtain reliable monitoring data or samples
  3. Complete assigned monitoring tasks
  4. Analyse monitoring data and report results
  5. Respond to potential or actual radiation incidents
  6. Prepare for assigned monitoring tasks
  7. Obtain reliable monitoring data or samples
  8. Complete assigned monitoring tasks
  9. Analyse monitoring data and report results
  10. Respond to potential or actual radiation incidents

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.

recognising different types of monitoring equipment and their limitations, restrictions and applicability, including at least one of:

air proportional

gas proportional

gas ionisation

Geiger-Muller

Scintillation

neutron monitors

solid state

personal dosimeters (badge and electronic)

using relevant information sources to locate and interpret information about radiation sources and equipment encountered in job role or duties

conducting pre-use checks for radiation instruments and monitoring equipment used in job role or duties

interpreting manuals for radiation monitoring equipment used in job role or duties

collecting, labelling and preserving occupational and environmental processing and analysing radiation monitoring data

assessing and reassessing risks and hazards regularly and taking appropriate protective measures

safely operating radiation instruments and monitoring equipment to obtain reliable data

seeking advice and further directions when faced with unforeseen circumstances or situations that may require decisions or response actions beyond technical competence

using and caring for PPE


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.

ionising radiation, radioactivity, radioactive material, activity, dose, contamination, contamination controls, shielding, half-life, and radionuclide

types and properties of ionising radiation, sources and shielding methods

definitions of radiation quantities, including exposure, dose, effective dose, dose rate, dose equivalent, and dose limits

international system (SI) of units for radiation quantities, multiples and sub-multiples

function of key components and operating principles of radiation instruments and monitoring equipment used in job role

guidelines and safety procedures for working with radiation sources, based on principles of:

reducing exposure time

maintaining greatest distance

using as much shielding as possible

health, safety and workplace emergency response procedures relevant to job role or duties

techniques and procedures for collecting potentially radioactive samples

techniques for assessing radiation hazards likely to be encountered in job role or duties

techniques for conducting monitoring surveys used in job role or duties