Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for the development of ionising radiation safety plans
- Ionising radiation sources are identified and confirmed in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- Standards and legislation appropriate to ionising radiation exposure levels are identified and accessed
- Existing organisational records relevant to ionising radiation are identified and accessed
- Equipment and resources required for the measurement of ionising radiation are identified, acquired and prepared in accordance with organisational procedures
- Measure ionising radiation
- Measuring equipment is deployed in accordance with manufacturers' instructions and organisational procedures
- Readings are recorded in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- Occupational health and safety (OH&S) requirements including those contained in organisational procedures, are applied throughout the operation
- Analyse ionising radiation
- Develop ionising radiation safety plans
- Appropriate consultation with stakeholders is conducted in accordance with relevant organisational policy and procedures
- Technical standards, organisational environmental requirements and ionising radiation exposure levels are identified and interpreted
- Ionising radiation safety plans are developed in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational policy and procedures
- Ionising radiation safety plans are forwarded in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
- Record and interpret data from personal monitors
- Full exposure data from personal monitors is clearly recorded in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational policy and procedures
- Individual records are made available to the radiation worker in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational policy and procedures
- Appropriate action is initiated whenever anomalous records are obtained, in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational policy and procedures
- Personal monitoring records are reviewed regularly and recommendations for changes in workplace procedures are recommended as appropriate in accordance with legislative requirements and organisational policy and procedures